rust-osdev / rust-osdev/bootloader
File system: we now have a no_std-friendly btrfs crate
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Description
Browsing crates.io for file system crates turned up something very interesting: a btrfs driver which, upon snooping the code, was very easy to port to make it work in #![no_std] environments. So I forked it to accomplish exactly that.
Not thoroughly tested of course, but this would definitely be a great choice for integration into the bootloader so that it recognizes btrfs as a file system from which to load a kernel binary (something very notably on the checklist at the bottom of the README).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the btrfs-no-std crate and the bootloader README checklist. Identify the bootloader's filesystem-loading entry point and determine how the crate could be integrated. Done means the bootloader recognizes btrfs and can load a kernel binary from it, with thorough testing added.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100