From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:21:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:21:41 -0500 Received: from [195.84.105.112] ([195.84.105.112]:12462 "HELO petrus.schuldei.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:21:25 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:54:17 +0100 From: Andreas Schuldei Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext2's inode i_version gone, what now? (stable branch) Message-ID: <20001230125417.B29582@sigrid.schuldei.com> In-Reply-To: <20001229220820.C28926@sigrid.schuldei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20001229220820.C28926@sigrid.schuldei.com>; from andreas@schuldei.org on Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 10:08:20PM +0100 To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@pop.zip.com.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Andreas Schuldei (andreas@schuldei.org) [001229 22:08]: > However a real problem (for me) is that the author (whom I can not reach by > email) build stegfs on top of the ext2 filesystem. There he uses ext2's inode > structure and at some places reads/writes from ext2 inode's i_version. > However, this is not there in ext2_fs_i.h. But I am working with source for > 2.2.18 and a lot could have happend since 2.2.14. I would not have expected > the inode struct to change, though. > > Why was it taken away? How is compatibility maintained? What could I use > instead to fix the problem? Now I think i_version was moved from ext2_fs_i.h (struct ext2_inode_info) to fs.h (struct inode). stegfs still has i_version in it's own stegfs_inode_info. I guess to cleanly move the stegfs from 2.2.14 to 2.2.18 it would be good to not have a own stegfs i_version. Are there any mean, hidden, desasterous implications waiting if I move it? > Anyone who is interested in this: > http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~adm36/StegFS/download.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/