From nobody Mon Jan 20 17:17:40 2025 X-Original-To: fs@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YcH8l6MD7z5kNxT for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Received: from fuz.su (fuz.su [IPv6:2001:41d0:8:e508::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "fuz.su", Issuer "fuz.su" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YcH8k5jyJz3bKF for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fuz@fuz.su designates 2001:41d0:8:e508::1 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fuz@fuz.su; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM" header.from=freebsd.org (policy=none) Received: from fuz.su (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fuz.su (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTPS id 50KHHevm028457 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:17:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Received: (from fuz@localhost) by fuz.su (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 50KHHe6o028456 for fs@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:17:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from fuz) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:17:40 +0100 From: Robert Clausecker To: fs@freebsd.org Subject: exfat driver as a gsoc project: mentors wanted Message-ID: List-Id: Filesystems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-fs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.89 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.994]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[fuz@freebsd.org,fuz@fuz.su]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:c]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[freebsd.org : SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM,none]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[fuz]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16276, ipnet:2001:41d0::/32, country:FR]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DOM_EQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[fs@freebsd.org]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[fuz@freebsd.org,fuz@fuz.su]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[fs@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1] X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YcH8k5jyJz3bKF Greetings! With ExFAT being a common file system on external storage devices and the patent situation being less bad than a few years ago, it seems interesting to have a native ExFAT driver. The driver could be maintained out-of-tree and hosted in Europe (where the software patents are not enforceable) until we can merge it. This seems like it would be a good fit for GSoC. Is there anybody here who would be interested in (co)-mentoring this project? I would also be interested in mentoring, but I have too little experience with the VFS subsystem to do it alone. Yours, Robert Clausecker -- () ascii ribbon campaign - for an encoding-agnostic world /\ - against html email - against proprietary attachments