From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 23 15:17: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from meow.osd.bsdi.com (meow.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2DB37B43C for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by meow.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f3NMGkG39420; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:16:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200104232212.f3NMCe876647@harmony.village.org> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:16:10 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Warner Losh Subject: Re: kernel core Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 23-Apr-01 Warner Losh wrote: > In message 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 -- 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