From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 21 15:23:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7E637B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:23:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEE643E8A for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:23:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18F0fo-0000cL-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:23:52 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id A699B677C for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:23:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 22B721CD9 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:23:41 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id EC7B1225F6; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:23:40 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:23:40 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021121232340.GA70539@raggedclown.net> References: <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20021121072556.GB1590@raggedclown.net> <20021121230912.GE6062@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021121230912.GE6062@HAL9000.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 03:09:12PM -0800, David Schultz wrote: > Thus spake Cliff Sarginson : > > > LINT says: > > > ># > > > ># Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit > > > ># careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind > > > ># changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could > > > ># be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) > > > ># > > > >options EXT2FS > > > > > This message has been in LINT since the dawn of time and is extremely > > mystifying. "Be a bit careful" .. meaning what ? You either mount it or > > don't mount it, use it or don't use it. What exactly are you supposed to > > be careful of :) Saying "Boo!". > > FreeBSD support for ext2fs is a specific instance of the more > general problem that features that very few people care about tend > not to get maintained. FreeBSD already has a filesystem that is > more complete and faster than ext2fs,[1] so the only people using > both UFS and ext2fs are also running Linux. If you mount an > ext2fs filesystem r/w, consider yourself a beta tester. > Oh I am not comparing their relative merits. But the thing is there are people who for one reason or another run heterogenous networks. I mean it is not a crime to run both Linux and FreeBSD (or is it ?). My feeling is that it is a shame that is all. As for your scathing comment about the evolution of EXT2, I have no comment since it sounds like opinion rather than fact. As a matter of interest in the new book "Absolute BSD" it states fairly definitely that you can freely use EXT2FS. And I believe the book has the blessing of several key people (I just looked at the names). So ... -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message