From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-it0-f48.google.com ([209.85.214.48]:39378 "EHLO mail-it0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752481AbeFZIkp (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2018 04:40:45 -0400 Subject: Re: moving affs + RDB partition support to staging? To: Martin Steigerwald Cc: jdow , Geert Uytterhoeven , Matthew Wilcox , David Sterba , Linux FS Devel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jens Axboe , linux-m68k References: <20180425154602.GA8546@bombadil.infradead.org> <1611526.WuK5Cf0iMF@merkaba> From: Michael Schmitz Message-ID: <70a446d7-f0d4-f086-b634-f7bb0db6d2ab@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:40:36 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1611526.WuK5Cf0iMF@merkaba> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Martin, Am 26.06.18 um 20:02 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > Michael. > > Michael Schmitz - 26.06.18, 04:23: >> Joanne, >> >> Martin's boot log (including your patch) says: >> >> Jun 19 21:19:09 merkaba kernel: [ 7891.843284] sdb: RDSK (512) sdb1 >> (LNX^@)(res 2 spb 1) sdb2 (JXF^D)(res 2 spb 1) sdb3 (DOS^C)(res 2 spb >> 4) >> Jun 19 21:19:09 merkaba kernel: [ 7891.844055] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] >> Attached SCSI disk >> >> so it's indeed a case of self inflicted damage (RDSK (512) means 512 >> byte blocks) and can be worked around by using a different block size. > Well I pretty much believe that this was the standard block size of the > tool I used in order to create the RDB. I think it has been Media No offense meant - 512 bytes per block would certainly have been the default and it certainly wasn't obvious that this needed changing. > Toolbox + the engine behind it, from AmigaOS 4.0 (not 4.1) or so. DOS- > Type JXF points to JXFS, an AmigaOS 4 only filesystem that meanwhile has > been deprecated by AmigaOS upstream. > > Maybe HDToolbox + hdwrench.library by Joanne (AmigaOS 3.5/3.9) would > have set it up differently. > > Anyway: It works like this in AmigaOS 4 without any issues. With 512 > Byte Blocks. I think it is good that Linux does not create data > corruption when writing to disks that work just fine in AmigaOS. > Especially as those using AmigaNG machines like AmigaOne X1000/X5000 or > Acube Sam machines may dual boot AmigaOS and Linux on their machines. That's the goal. > Thanks again for putting together a patch. The hard work had been done by Joanne and you six years ago, so no matter at all. If Jens and the crowd at linux-block point out errors in review, I take that as a learning experience... Cheers,      Michael > > Thanks,