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From: Leif Neland <leifn@swimsuit.internet.dk>
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Subject: EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel
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>Number:         8619
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov  8 19:50:00 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Tue Aug 8 05:05:50 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Tue Aug 08 05:06:22 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Leif Neland
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	Distributed boot floppy
	
>Description:

	EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel, so it is possible to 
	access linix-disks for repair and for upgrading to freebsd
	from linux when having downloaded distfiles to linux-disk.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Boot from boot.img

>Fix:
	
	Include EXT2FS in GENERIC
	At least make it an option between the other fs's
	(MSDOSFS, CD9660) in beginning of GENERIC conf, not hidden in 
	the bottom of LINT undocumented.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, leifn@swimsuit.internet.dk
Cc:  Subject: Re: kern/8619: EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:24:43 +1100

 >>Description:
 >
 >	EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel, so it is possible to 
 >	access linix-disks for repair and for upgrading to freebsd
 >	from linux when having downloaded distfiles to linux-disk.
 
 It can't be there (unless it is commented out), since it is GPL'ed.
 Besides, it is too buggy for general use.
 
 Bruce

From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
To: Leif Neland <leifn@swimsuit.internet.dk>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/8619: EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 04:26:13 +0000 (GMT)

 The reason it is not in the installation/boot diskette is 
 because of size.  Jordan also had to remove the math coprocessor
 emu. code.
 
 --
 Phillip Salzman
 "EAT MY TAMALES YOU FREAK!"
 
 On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Leif Neland wrote:
 
 > 
 > >Number:         8619
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          change-request
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov  8 19:50:00 PST 1998
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Leif Neland
 > >Organization:
 > >Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
 > >Environment:
 > 
 > 	Distributed boot floppy
 > 	
 > >Description:
 > 
 > 	EXT2FS should be in GENERIC kernel, so it is possible to 
 > 	access linix-disks for repair and for upgrading to freebsd
 > 	from linux when having downloaded distfiles to linux-disk.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > 	Boot from boot.img
 > 
 > >Fix:
 > 	
 > 	Include EXT2FS in GENERIC
 > 	At least make it an option between the other fs's
 > 	(MSDOSFS, CD9660) in beginning of GENERIC conf, not hidden in 
 > 	the bottom of LINT undocumented.
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > 
 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
 > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
 > 
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 8 05:05:50 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Asked and answered. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=8619 
>Unformatted:
