From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MzXxf-0007zO-Qo for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:46:24 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzXxd-0007xq-Cu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:46:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MzXxY-0007ty-Ga for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:46:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46145 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MzXxY-0007tr-DB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:46:16 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:43961 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MzXxY-0002WS-08 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:46:16 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MzXxR-0001jt-MZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:46:09 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MzXxQ-0007A1-Qn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0200 Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20091018154608.GA27494@thorin> References: <20091016183805.GE7037@thorin> <4AD8D305.5000806@gmail.com> <20091016205258.GA8496@thorin> <4AD8E0CF.9080509@gmail.com> <20091016215343.GA9378@thorin> <4AD8F11D.1030007@gmail.com> <20091017112545.GA3556@thorin> <4AD9ADE9.3020004@gmail.com> <20091017120013.GA4040@thorin> <4AD9B3FB.9000904@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AD9B3FB.9000904@gmail.com> 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/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Refuse to install on XFS destroying its superblock 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: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:46:21 -0000 On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 02:09:31PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > >> The danger is that fs_probe may reject filesystem as valid just because > >> it's newer than expected. > >> > > > > What do you mean with "reject filesystem as valid"? > > > > > Sorry for being unclear. I just meant that if some XFS structures are > updated then our xfs driver won't recognise it as xfs What do you mean with "updated"? You mean a new implementation of XFS? Or the same instance of XFS that has been modified after use? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."