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Date:      Tue, 04 Jul 2000 10:16:35 PDT
From:      "Cosmic 665" <the_hermit665@hotmail.com>
To:        adrian@FreeBSD.ORG, howardjp@glue.umd.edu
Cc:        mhenrion@cybercable.fr, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why isnt there a ext2fs.ko ?
Message-ID:  <20000704171635.51800.qmail@hotmail.com>

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Statically Compiled modules are much better then the lkd's.  Get used to it 
:P

> >
> > >         Hi guys,
> > >
> > >     I was wondering why the kernel module for ext2fs doesnt exist. I
> > > think this will be very useful because a lot of linux users come to
> > > FreeBSD and want to mount their existing linux partitions, and they 
>have
> > > to recompile their kernel. This isn't a hard task, but it's a bit
> > > disappointing for new users.
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=14217
> >
> > But it doesn't seem to compile with FreeBSD-current anymore.  Give me a
> > day or so and I will update it work with a newer FreeBSD.  On this 
>topic,
> > how would anyone feel about importing NetBSD's GPL-clean ext2fs source?
>
>If noone beats me to it, I'll look at it after I've committed the
>couple of things in my commit queue.
>
>
>
>Adrian
>
>--
>Adrian Chadd			Build a man a fire, and he's warm for the
><adrian@FreeBSD.org>		rest of the evening. Set a man on fire and
>				he's warm for the rest of his life.
>
>
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