Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption

Alan Cox
2001-07-27T21:24:56Z

> Let us be a bit more precise here. If you click on the help button when deciding whether to select
> that option it tells you not to do it. What can you say about a distro that doesn't read the help
> buttons for the kernel options when configuring the kernel? Shovelware?

The alternative was to disable it. Because at the time we had lots of good
evidence it didnt work reliably. Evidence backed up by the pile of later
Chris Mason patches.