April 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM, "Milos Nikic" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Milos%20Nikic%22%20%3Cnikic.milos%40gmail.com%3E > wrote:
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> To add I would love to hear if there are any issues on real hardware so that we could address them promptly.
> Regards,
> Milos
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 1:31 PM Milos Nikic <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote:
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> >
> > Hello Joshua,
> > I have been using it since the first patch was sent (that was why I was discovering so many issues at first).
> >
> > And I got asked by 3 separate people on how to install it and turn it on etc since a while (after v5 so about 6 weeks ago).
> >
> > I didn't get any more bug reports after V6.
> >
> > But I got to say that I don't know who is using real hardware, I know don't (for now) and that is the only thing I can say for sure
I'd be happy to try it on real hardware, but you might need to really help me figure out how to get
it all set up. I suppose that I need to set up your development environment. You wrote
a script for that at some point...
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Milos
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 12:53 PM <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > April 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM, "Milos Nikic" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] ?to=%22Milos%20Nikic%22%20%3Cnikic.milos%40gmail.com http://40gmail.com/ %3E > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Samuel,
> > > > Just dropping a quick ping on this v5 thread now that it's been a couple of weeks.
> > > >
> > > > Since sending it, I’ve (and some other people) continued stress-testing it and using it daily on top of all the patches that came through in
> > > > between.
> > >
> > > May I ask how many people are using the beta "ext3fs" on the Hurd? Do we have any real hardware testers?
> > >
> > > > It works great but there is an assert that blows up on unjournaled mounts in v5 (as mentioned previously), and some compiler warnings when
> > > > compiled on 32-bit and a rare deadlock that only triggers when the ring buffer reaches 100% saturation under synthetic I/O.
> > >
> > > > I have the fixes for all of that ready in my local tree. They don't change the architecture at all!
> > > > To make your eventual review as easy as possible, how would you like me to handle them?
> > > >
> > > > Should I send a v6 now with those fixes included, or hold onto them until you've had a chance to look at the core v5 architecture?
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Milos
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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