[opensuse-project] GSoC 2012 Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support

jiayi

15 Mar 2012 15 Mar '12

03:41

Hi all, I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC. I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :) Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it. I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver). Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :) openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide? Many thanks~ Best Regards Hongyi -- 俺的博客：http://www.jiayii.com 俺的QQ：522825694 Gtalk：就是这个啦 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

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Graham Anderson

15 Mar 15 Mar

09:39

On Thursday 15 Mar 2012 11:41:30 jiayi wrote:

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Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

Oh nice, this would be really great. Good luck! G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

jdd

10:09

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On Thursday 15 Mar 2012 11:41:30 jiayi wrote:

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Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a

I beg you know there are several fdisk around, what version do you work with? openSUSE ship mostly the "util-linux" one, but the is also gnu fidsk (linked to parted): http://www.gnu.org/software/fdisk/ see also this that seems to have the same goal as you have: http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/whygdisk.html by the way I'm the partition HOWTO author and LDP coordinator, that's why i follow the parted mailing list (but do document only basic fdisk usage)http://wiki.tldp.org/Partition-Mass-Storage-Dummies-Linux-HOWTO http://wiki.tldp.org/Partition-Mass-Storage-HOWTO jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

Vincent Untz

09:54

Hi, Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

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Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...

openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote! Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

jiayi

12:15

Hi Vincent, thanks for your kind advise~ I did this experiment just to confirm that if I can take this job. I will send the patch link once I make it up. Thank you :) 2012/3/15 Vincent Untz :

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Hi,

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

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Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...
openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote!

Cheers,

Vincent

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jiayi

15:07

Hi all, here is the draft patch of my experiment. With this patch you can only list GPT partitions... Please feel free to review and comment it. http://www.jiayii.com/upfile/0001-Implement-GPT-list-function-P-command.patc... Thanks. Hongyi 2012/3/15 Vincent Untz :

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Hi,

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...
openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote!

Cheers,

Vincent

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Vincent Untz

16:02

Hi, cc'ing Petr, since I'm unsure he's on the list :-) Cheers, Vincent Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 23:07 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

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Hi all, here is the draft patch of my experiment. With this patch you can only list GPT partitions... Please feel free to review and comment it. http://www.jiayii.com/upfile/0001-Implement-GPT-list-function-P-command.patc...

Thanks. Hongyi

2012/3/15 Vincent Untz :

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Hi,

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...
openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote!

Cheers,

Vincent

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jiayi

16 Mar 16 Mar

02:33

Thank you Vincent~ Hope I can get in touch with Petr. 2012/3/16 Vincent Untz :

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Hi,

cc'ing Petr, since I'm unsure he's on the list :-)

Cheers,

Vincent

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 23:07 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all, here is the draft patch of my experiment. With this patch you can only list GPT partitions... Please feel free to review and comment it. http://www.jiayii.com/upfile/0001-Implement-GPT-list-function-P-command.patc...

Thanks. Hongyi

2012/3/15 Vincent Untz :

...
Hi,

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...
openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote!

Cheers,

Vincent

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Carlos E. R.

11:27

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-03-16 03:33, jiayi wrote:

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Thank you Vincent~ Hope I can get in touch with Petr.

2012/3/16 Vincent Untz :

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Hi,

cc'ing Petr, since I'm unsure he's on the list :-)

Cheers,

Vincent

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 23:07 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all, here is the draft patch of my experiment. With this patch you can only list GPT partitions... Please feel free to review and comment it. http://www.jiayii.com/upfile/0001-Implement-GPT-list-function-P-command.patc...

Thanks. Hongyi

2012/3/15 Vincent Untz :

...
Hi,

Le jeudi 15 mars 2012, à 11:41 +0800, jiayi a écrit :

...
Hi all,

I'm a second year's master at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, majored in EE and looking forward to contribute "Redesign fdisk to be more extensible and implement GPT support" at this year's GSoC.

I have used openSUSE from 10.1 till the latest version for almost 6 years. It's really fantasy for me. You may have noticed that my email address is jiayisuse :)

Redesigning fdisk and Adding GPT support is attractive for me. It's a little upset once I got the GPT Warning message with typing fdisk on my MBP. I have read parts of fdisk source code, it's really a bit disordered. So I think this work is quite significant and I want to contribute for it.

I'm skilled with C/C++/bash/awk, experienced in both Linux Application and Linux kernel module development (Internship at Intel China R&D, develop meego driver).

Last 3 days I read the GPT reference, libparted source code and Mac's gpt source code. Then I set up my git repository and did a experiment to modify fdisk to list all my GPT partitions' info, it works now :)

It's great to see your enthusiasm!

...
openSUSE's webpage indicates me here. So Could you recommend me to do this project under Petr Uzel's guide?

The best way to make sure you get selected to work on this GSoC project is to provide good arguments in your application form, when application will open for students :-) Make sure to mention everything you've said here and, why not, provide a link to a patch to fdisk you wrote!

Cheers,

Vincent

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Carlos E. R.

11:31

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-03-16 03:33, jiayi wrote:

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Thank you Vincent~ Hope I can get in touch with Petr.

Please do not to post, and trim the messages - just like this one I send. It is the generally accepted rule in these parts :-) Yes, factory means the opensuse-factory mail list. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9jJIsACgkQIvFNjefEBxqh4wCgqU+jm/s6+xHGBhxFZUhB4kH2 axkAoMAXZBxgHNf3qx2+tXfYbP6eqsYT =2ybs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

jiayi

15:12

Carlos, Thanks for your advice :-) I have joined opensuse-factory. Thanks jdd and Carlos. 在 2012年3月16日下午7:31，Carlos E. R. 写道：

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On 2012-03-16 03:33, jiayi wrote:

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Thank you Vincent~ Hope I can get in touch with Petr.

Please do not to post, and trim the messages - just like this one I send. It is the generally accepted rule in these parts :-)

Yes, factory means the opensuse-factory mail list.

- -- Cheers / Saludos,

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