Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:16:10 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kernel core Message-ID: <XFMail.010423151610.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200104232212.f3NMCe876647@harmony.village.org>
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On 23-Apr-01 Warner Losh wrote: > In message <XFMail.010423150241.jhb@FreeBSD.org> John Baldwin writes: >: Yes, but until such time as we do that we should warn people in UPDATING at >: least. > > 20010411: > fsck and the kernel were changed to handle some optimizations > to directory layout. This breaks backward compatbility. > Update only if you understand that you must not use the old > fsck with the new kernel ever. Explicit instructions for > doing so not provided to a) encourage people to fix the problem > and b) encournage the less technically competent to not update > past this point. There are also problems using the dirpref > updated disks on old kernels, so you have been warned. > > Is going in shortly. Typos/corrections to me by the end of the day. I wasn't aware of problems with dirpref disks and old kernels. dirpref just uses some unused fields in the superblock, so I don't see how that could be a problem. I can confirm the old fsck + new kernel madness though. :( > Warner -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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