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( [213.37.137.93]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y34sm7528792iky.10.2008.08.10.17.34.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:35:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Javier =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDn?= To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1218019001.4743.15.camel@fz.local> References: <20080701160827.GF6985@thorin> <1214929545.13432.19.camel@dv> <1214937759.9353.64.camel@localhost> <20080701204816.GA31206@thorin> <1214954927.9353.91.camel@localhost> <20080702142245.GA21064@thorin> <1215027160.9353.125.camel@localhost> <20080703140211.GA19341@thorin> <1215104875.8123.23.camel@localhost> <20080704000829.GE4074@thorin> <1215134432.26019.42.camel@localhost> <1217956995.24045.8.camel@fz.local> <1218019001.4743.15.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Ij08OVtE0Efn3eCMR860" Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:35:09 +0200 Message-Id: <1218414909.8757.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: grub-probe detects ext4 wronly as ext2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:35:07 -0000 --=-Ij08OVtE0Efn3eCMR860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El mi=C3=A9, 06-08-2008 a las 12:36 +0200, Felix Zielcke escribi=C3=B3: > Am Dienstag, den 05.08.2008, 19:23 +0200 schrieb Felix Zielcke: > > Am Freitag, den 04.07.2008, 03:20 +0200 schrieb Javier Mart=C3=ADn: > >=20 > > > That was it. I will post no more in this thread. Do whatever you plea= se > > > with the patch - I'll just request some more people from the GRUB dev > > > team to review the thing, instead of the tennis match we've had here > > > (and I appreciate all matches, even the ones I lose). > >=20 > > I'd like to bring this topic now up again and yes I know this isn't the > > last message about it :) > >=20 >=20 > Maybe it helps more if I give you a link to the thread start on the > archive if you want to read through the whole story again ;) [0] > The last mails aboit this was only between Javier and me about which > flags should be ignored and which should be marked as supported. > Robert was the only one from the "official's" who commented on the code > and from his is even the last message about the topic actually [1]. >=20 > I really think that it's a good idea. > For example currently there exists INCOMPAT_64BIT which only the kernel > currently supports but not the e2fsprogs. > AFAIK it's probable used for filesystems >=3D max ext3 size, the german > Wikipedia ext3 article says 32 TiB the english one 16 TiB >=20 > Anyway if you use such a real big filesystem in the future even > for /boot then in the beginning the /boot stuff is probable at the very > beginning of it, but with the time you probable want to make use of it. > And then maybe update once the kernel which then probable moves to an > area which needs 64bit inode support or whatever this 64bit are used > for. > Then I think it's better to refuse to install grub to it (e.g. by > failing grub-probe) then people leaving in the uncertainness that they > may not be able anymore to boot this system. >=20 > Ok probable nobody ever uses such a big filesystem for their /boot too, > but as Javier already said in the thread: There's maybe an ext5, ext6 > and so on. >=20 > By the way: I suggest to rename ext2.mod to extN.mod, on IRC there was > already a guy who wondered why it says ext2 instead of ext3 which he had > and ext4 extents are now supported which will probable never backported > to ext2. >=20 > [0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-07/msg00008.html > [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-07/msg00333.html >=20 >=20 Thanks for raising the topic again. If it serves any purpose, I'll say that the last patch I sent ("version 5") is still valid against the current HEAD (rev. 1798) -Habbit >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel --=-Ij08OVtE0Efn3eCMR860 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Esta parte del mensaje =?ISO-8859-1?Q?est=E1?= firmada digitalmente -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUASJ+JPKSl+Fbdeo72AQLztA/9HNlDLByrYFaqtUCAvsE5VFxABQ2ybUoT H6uZpdxk3eoVKfUWvNcknDH/bP44HjGVIp0HEekmOWHvAO5e5PwXgZ3Ro/qIKwEl Ak2kanYalVmFdhaJtzGGMGbcBMcjHCH7+OcvSdRFktQ2RnCOLGTdGXzvM4dHS8/Z xsXV2llsUvq4Ch2IH68JgoH/I5C2vwtYhyzFsE/elAvvl2WPvrFx9QYeMTLvVZyK IjfQ8oUCpWdJkKJlLpDKLl2YVWfWN7MKIB2TdGL9RZCL+Bq2R0Z+D59fQ0qfSCET QAQefqtBoluFvz1wSk1zdeT4g4vz2HC+0uL94UpAjw2xGx7PoG4PgN1IrdciVO8b 4H86K/u1Nfm35Dfjrc5Yre9skumXSdbMikgsKtxrEkTPDnnUXlYEBUH8PaJPwFxV HAF6kRgHuv6vg1QRyLMp2NksQQycdi4clbGjJYhYQOnWgOpclUHsUde6tj/kpkHl f/NECm4prdN9kVXddBMDa/M9RPrCzYkZFAtAcuYNavM+I0fIqd7aphEWc0MiBSDd dYF//HV3QLX+lyGBRcrTtww+J4zVZwV5//53dwaBTI9s+qxYR6GmaVzvqrzph+4S gUnCkWye9EZe0oNxbRKl3vT4+BrAT6Mn16GPC4n4ykINqAuNajHRy5IgjEa6lN0Y i/qGKI5M6CA= =R7cV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Ij08OVtE0Efn3eCMR860--