From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: minixfs bitmaps and associated lossage Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 15:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <44560796.8010700@gmail.com> <20060506162956.GO27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20060506163737.GP27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20060506220451.GQ27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:12160 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932094AbWEFW01 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 May 2006 18:26:27 -0400 To: Al Viro In-Reply-To: <20060506220451.GQ27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Sat, 6 May 2006, Al Viro wrote: > > Warning: text below is a mild example of software coproarchaeology, > so if you are easily squicked by tangled mess of bugs and dumb lossage, > well... you've been warned. LOL. Maybe the right thing to do is to just disable minixfs for anything big-endian except for m68k. It's not like it likely matters, and while we could save your description of the problem as an amusing "how to really f*ck up" episode, I doubt anybody really _cares_ in this case. Linus