patch-2.1.37 linux/fs/affs/Changes

• Lines: 96
• Date: Mon May 12 10:35:42 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.36/linux/fs/affs/Changes
• Orig date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969

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+(Note: I consider version numbers as cheap. That means
+that I do not like numbers like 0.1 and the like for
+things that can be used since quite some time. But
+then, 3.1 doesn't mean 'perfectly stable', too.)
+
+Known bugs:
+-----------
+
+- Doesn't work on the alpha. The only 64/32-bit
+  problem that I'm aware of (pointer/int conversion
+  in readdir()) gives compiler warnings but is
+  apparently not causing the failure, as directory
+  reads basically work (but all files are of size 0).
+  Alas, I've got no alpha to debug. :-(
+- If an affs mounted filesystem is exported via
+  nfs, it cannot be written to. No networking to
+  test that, either. :-(
+
+Please direct bug reports to: hjw@zvw.de
+
+Version 3.4
+-----------
+
+- Hash chains are now sorted by block numbers.
+  (Thanks to Kars de Jong for finding this.)
+- Removed all unnecessary external symbols.
+
+Version 3.3
+-----------
+
+- Tried to make all types 'correct' and consistent.
+- Errors and warnings are now reported via a
+  function. They are all prefixed by a severity
+  and have the same appearance:
+    "AFFS: <function>: <error message>"
+  (There's one exception to this, as in that function
+  is no pointer to the super block available.)
+- The filesystem is remounted read-only after an
+  error.
+- The names of newly created filesystem objects are
+  now checked for validity.
+- Minor cleanups in comments.
+- Added this Changes file. At last!
+
+Version 3.2
+-----------
+
+- Extension block cache: Reading/writing of huge files
+  (several MB) is much faster (of course the added
+  overhead slows down opening, but this is hardly
+  noticeable).
+- The same get_block()-routine can now be used for
+  both OFS and FFS.
+- The super block is now searched in the block that
+  was calculated and in the one following. This
+  should remedy the round-off error introduced by
+  the 1-k blocks that Linux uses.
+- Minor changes to adhere to the new VFS interface.
+- The number of used blocks is now also calculated
+  if the filesystem is mounted read-only.
+- Prefixed some constants with AFFS_ to avoid name
+  clashes.
+- Removed 'EXPERIMENTAL' status.
+
+Version 3.1
+-----------
+
+- Fixed a nasty bug which didn't allow read-only
+  mounts.
+- Allow dir-cache filesystems to be mounted
+  read only.
+- OFS support.
+- Several other changes I just cannot remember
+  any more.
+
+Version 3.0
+-----------
+
+- Almost complete rewrite for the new VFS
+  interface in Linux 1.3.
+- Write support.
+- Support for hard and symbolic links.
+- Lots of things I remeber even less ...
+
+Version 2.0
+-----------
+
+- Fixed a few things to get it compiled.
+- Automatic root block calculation.
+- Partition checker for genhd.c
+
+========================================
+
+Let's just call Ray Burr's original affs
+'Version 1.0'.