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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:50:07 +0200
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fsck wrappers, revisited
Message-ID:  <20000922115007.A38174@roaming.cacheboy.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001222191317.A7529@roaming.cacheboy.net>; from adrian@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 07:13:17PM %2B0100
References:  <20001222191317.A7529@roaming.cacheboy.net>

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On Fri, Dec 22, 2000, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> 
> 
> I've updated my fsck wrappers patchset to the latest netbsd and freebsd
> fsck patches. I'd appreciate some feedback on them before I run off
> and commit them (with my mentor, of course.)
> 
> For those who aren't in the know, the general idea is that a single wrapper
> program spawns a FS-specific fsck process a la mount and mount_*, making
> multiple-FS support a lot easier. (Think about having fsck_ext2fs, fsck_msdos
> and fsck_ffs doing your FSes on bootup..)
> 
> They can be found at http://www.freebsd.org/~adrian/fsck/ . PLEASE read the
> README before you use them, as there are a few gotchas.

.. and I've just redone them again, with more bp comments. I've killed
fsck_ffs/preen.c and moved the only function the fsck_ffs code now uses
to a new util.c . This makes fsck_ffs a tiny bit smaller, and pretty much
stomps on the shared code problem.

Anyone else up for testing ?




Adrian


-- 
Adrian Chadd			"The main reason Santa is so jolly is
<adrian@freebsd.org>		   because he knows where all the bad girls
				    live." -- Random IRC quote



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