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Re: update sys/vfs/hammer/hammer.txt


To: Thomas Nikolajsen <thomas.nikolajsen@xxxxxxx>
From: Sascha Wildner <saw@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:02:57 +0200

Thomas Nikolajsen schrieb:
I would be nice to get this updated before release.

hammer.txt still describes the original Hammer design,
eg. clusters; last update was 8 months ago.

Hmm,


I have the following thoughts about hammer.txt:

1) Do we want to keep it at all? We have Matt's "The HAMMER Filesystem" document (http://apollo.backplane.com/DFlyMisc/hammer01.pdf) which seems more up-to-date. Every document (manpage, pdf, handbook, wiki, .txt, etc.) adds maintenance burden because it's yet another thing to think about. By the way, Matt, what source format is the hammer01.pdf paper in? Would it be possible to commit it to doc/ in source form?

2) If we want to keep and update it, would it be more suitable to add the essence of it as an "IMPLEMENTATION NOTES" to hammer(5)? This way it would be more accessible compared to being kept in /usr/src.

However, I'm not volunteering to update hammer.txt because my internal HAMMER knowledge is limited. :)

Sascha

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