Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:21:51 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021121082151.GB17172@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20021121072556.GB1590@raggedclown.net> References: <p05200f1ab9ff72b26ae1@[66.92.104.201]> <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <p05200f24ba0073e6b323@[66.92.104.201]> <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <p05200f09ba020d2729e6@[66.92.104.201]> <20021121072556.GB1590@raggedclown.net>
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--aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:25:56AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:12:12PM -0500, Chris Pepper wrote: > > At 7:50 PM -0800 2002/11/20, David Schultz wrote: > > >Thus spake Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>: > <snip> > > LINT says: > > ># > > ># Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit > > ># careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind > > ># changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could > > ># be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) > > ># > > >options EXT2FS > >=20 > This message has been in LINT since the dawn of time and is extremely > mystifying. "Be a bit careful" .. meaning what ? You either mount it or > don't mount it, use it or don't use it. What exactly are you supposed to > be careful of :) Saying "Boo!". Data corruption. Kris --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE93JeeWry0BWjoQKURAgvhAJsGFve2n6SZ7Cnj9n4PJpaJt8Q4NACgk1/k +EA+QxihNRyRQNw0PN5shO8= =A8YK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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