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diff --git a/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn index ad79c7b9..8e15d1c7 100644 --- a/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] * [[Page_cache]] + * [[metadata_caching]] + ## Large Stores @@ -43,6 +45,48 @@ Smaller block sizes are commonly automatically selected by `mke2fs` when using small backend stores, like floppy devices. +#### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-30 + + <braunr> at least having the same api in the debian package and the git + source would be great (in reference to the large store patch ofc) + <youpi> braunr: the api part could be merged perhaps + <youpi> it's very small apparently + <antrik> braunr: the large store patch is a sad story. when it was first + submitted, one of the maintainers raised some concerns. the other didn't + share these (don't remember who is who), but the concerned one never + followed up with details. so it has been in limbo ever since. tschwinge + once promised to take it up, but didn't get around to it so far. plus, + the original author himself mentioned once that he didn't consider it + finished... + <youpi> antrik: it's clearly not finished + <youpi> there are XXXs here and there + <braunr> it's called an RC1 and RC2 is mentioned in the release notes + <antrik> youpi: well, that doesn't stop most other projects from commiting + stuff... including most emphatically the original Hurd code :-) + <youpi> what do you refer to my "that" ? :) + <braunr> "XXX" + <youpi> right + <youpi> at the time it made sense to delay applying + <youpi> but I guess by nowadays standard we should just as well commit it + <youpi> it works enough for Debian, already + <youpi> there is just one bug I nkow about + <youpi> the apt database file keeps haveing the wrong size, fixed by e2fsck + <pinotree> youpi: remember that patch should be fixed in the offset + declaration in diskfs.h + <youpi> I don't remember about that + <youpi> did we fix it in the debian package? + <pinotree> nope + <youpi> you had issues when fixing it, didn't you? + <youpi> (I don't remember where I can find the details about this) + <pinotree> i changed it, recompiled hurd and installed it, started a perl + rebuild and when running one of the two lfs tests it hard locked the vm + after ext2fs was taking 100% cpu for a bit + <pinotree> i don't exclude i could have done something stupid on my side + though + <youpi> or there could just be actual issues, uncovered here + <youpi> which can be quite probable + + # Documentation * <http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html> |