From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JR7Ms-0008Ni-9J for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:18 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR7Mq-0008Ly-CF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:16 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR7Mp-0008LW-Ms for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:15 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JR7Mp-0008LN-D0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:15 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JR7Mp-0000ea-0F for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:15 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JR7Mg-0005Rd-UR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:53:08 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JR7Kp-0002ps-Ut for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:51:11 +0100 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:51:11 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080218145111.GA10877@thorin> References: <20080218060325.GA27858@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Journal support for 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, 18 Feb 2008 14:53:16 -0000 On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:15:58PM +0800, Bean wrote: > On Feb 18, 2008 2:03 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 03:07:54AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This patch extends fshelp for general journal handling, it also > > > implement journaling for ext2 file system. > > > > In which situations is this needed, reading writing or both? > > it's only used for reading. when ext2 is mounted, the journal file is > checked, if it contains unflushed transaction, it's used to read data. > This make sure that the file system can be accessed even after a > crash. Ah yes, now I remember about this problem. Nice work ;-) -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)