1 2000-12-02 <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
3 * fsck.8.in: Add clarification that filesystems with a fs_passno
4 of 0 are skipped with the -A option. (Debian wishlist/bug
7 * fsck.c (wait_one): When we let a new fsck take control of the
8 console to display the progress bar, set FLAG_PROGRESS to
9 so that fsck knows not to start new processes during an
10 fsck pass with the progress bar. (Should fix debian bug
13 * tune2fs.8.in: Add clarifying statement about converting user and
14 group names to uid's before storing them in the
15 superblock. (Debian bug #67446)
17 2000-11-16 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
19 * mke2fs.c(main): Expand the -j option so that it parses
20 option=argument style options, and add support for
21 creating filesystems with external journals.
23 * mke2fs.8.in: Document new syntax for the -j option.
25 2000-11-05 <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
27 * e2image.c, Makefile.in: New program which saves ext2 metadata to
28 a file for people who need a last-ditch saving throw.
30 2000-10-24 <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
32 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Applied Andreas Dilger's patch to make the -r -s
33 handling a bit more sane. (Even though -s is deprecated
36 * get_device_by_label.c: Apply fix from Erik Troan to support 16
39 * fsck.c (device_already_active): Add a special case check for MD
40 devices, so we don't try to check them in parallel with
43 * mke2fs.c (PRS, main), mke2fs.8.in: Add support for the -j
44 option, which builds an ext2/3 filesystem with an ext3
47 2000-10-24 <tytso@valinux.com>
49 * mke2fs.c (zap_sector): Fix really stupid typo which gcc 2.95
52 2000-09-12 <tytso@valinux.com>
54 * fsck.c: Add base device definitions for hd[e-h], for those
55 systems with four IDE interfaces.
57 2000-09-11 <tytso@valinux.com>
59 * mke2fs.c (zap_sector): Fix error message printed when zap_sector
62 * dumpe2fs.c (list_desc): Fixed format string bug when printing
63 the inode table location in non-hex format.
65 2000-08-20 <tytso@valinux.com>
67 * get_device_by_label.c: Add call to ext2fs_find_block_device if
68 we can't find the device using the name given by
69 /proc/partitions. (This can happen if devfs is compiled
70 into the kernel, but not mounted.)
72 2000-06-27 Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
74 * dumpe2fs.c (usage): add fhx options to usage message, add -x option
75 to print out the per-group block numbers in hex, add line for
76 location of primary/backup superblock and group descriptors
78 * mke2fs.c: rename max to group_blk_max avoid potential macro conflict
80 2000-08-14 <tytso@valinux.com>
82 * mke2fs.c (zap_sector): Change zap_bootsect to more general
84 (main): Clear the superblock when starting mke2fs, to
85 avoid leaving the filesystem in an inconsistent state.
87 2000-07-26 <tytso@valinux.com>
89 * get_device_by_label.c: Improve /proc/partitions parsing in
90 fsck, and speed up fsck -a.
92 2000-07-13 <tytso@valinux.com>
94 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.19
96 2000-07-13 <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
98 * badblocks.8.in: Added text explaining that the -n and -w options
99 are mutually exclusive.
101 * badblocks.c (usage): Fix usage message to make it clear that the
102 block count must be specified if the starting block is to
103 be specified. (The starting block should be a option, in
106 * badblocks.c (test_nd): Save and restore the currently_testing
107 variable before going into the write verification loop.
108 This avoids a loop termination problem if the last block
109 on the disk is bad. Also, turn off the SIGALRM signal
110 while restoring blocks after the user types ^C. The
111 num_saved variable is now static so that it won't get
112 clobbered by a longjmp. buf_used and bb_count are no
113 longer static, since they aren't used by the cleanup
116 * badblocks.c (main): Removed an unsued varaible (buf_size).
117 Fixed bad getopt argument that didn't allow the 'b' option
118 to take an argument. Added error checking when parsing
119 the starting block number. Fixed lint warning in fscanf
122 2000-07-06 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
124 * fsck.c (execute, wait_one): Treat fsck.ext3 the same as
125 fsck.ext2 (because they are the same) for the purposes of
126 the progress bar display logic.
128 * tune2fs.8.in: Update manual page to document what happens if
129 max_mount_count is negative.
131 * tune2fs.c (main): Allow setting the maximal count value to be
132 negative, since the kernel interprets that as forcing a
135 * fsck.c (lookup, load_fs_info, check_all): Use lazy evaluation
136 for calling interpret_device(), since this requires root
137 privileges if the partitions need to be scanned.
138 Otherwise, it's not possible to do non-proot fsck's for
139 removeable devices such as floppies if there are any
140 LABEL= or UUID= entries in /etc/fstab.
142 * badblocks.c (check_mount, main): Check to see if the filesystem
143 is mounted before doing a read/write or non-destructive
144 test. This can be overriden using the new -f option.
146 * badblocks.8.in: Update manual page to reflect that the
147 blocks-count parameter is now optional. Also properly
148 document the start-block parameter. Added documentation
151 * badblocks.c (main): Allow the blocks-count parameter to be
152 optional. If it's not specified, use the size of the
155 2000-07-05 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
157 * badblocks.c (test_nd): Significantly simplify the logic so that
158 it's more obviously what's going on. Fixed a few
159 potential cases which weren't handled correctly in the
160 old, overly complicated logic.
161 (flush_bufs): Now doesn't take a second argument, and
162 always forces a sync; this is required before it's really
163 safe to call BLKFLSBUF, at least for some kernels.
165 2000-05-29 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
167 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add a much more specific error message if the
168 filesystem size is defaulted and get_device_size returns a
169 size of zero. Otherwise, users get a confusing "invalid
170 argument while passed to ext2 library" error message.
172 2000-05-08 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
174 * fsck.c (interpret_device): Add better error messages if a UUID=
175 or LABEL= specification is given.
177 * mke2fs.c (main): We forcibly turn off the filetype feature if
178 the OS is the hurd, since the hurd doesn't support it.
179 (And since the hurd allows the transmogrification of files
180 to special files and vice versa --- for no good reason
181 that I can understand --- it can't support the filetype
182 feature for the forseeable future, either.)
184 * mke2fs.c (proceed_question): Fix reversed sense of
185 proceed_question that was busted due to the
186 internationalization patch. Fixed bug where if
187 proceed_question was called twice, the input buffer wasn't
188 cleared of the previous question's newline.
190 Thu Apr 6 17:50:25 2000 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@signal.thunk.org>
192 * badblocks.c (flush_bufs): Use fsync() if the system doesn't
195 2000-04-03 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
197 * badblocks.c, dumpe2fs.c, e2label.c, mke2fs.c, tune2fs.c,
198 uuidgen.c: For platforms that don't define optarg.h,
199 manually define optarg and optind.
201 * badblocks.8.in: Updated manual page with suggestions from David
204 * badblocks.c (test_nd): Generalized cleanup and bug-fixes. We
205 now explicitly clear out the signal handlers to prevent a
206 longjmp to a deactivated stack frame.
207 (test_rw): Fixed a signed vs. unsigned comparison error.
209 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, lsattr.1.in,
210 mklost+found.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Update Remy Card's e-mail
212 chattr.1.in: Update which attributes aren't supported.
214 2000-02-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
217 * lsattr.1.in: Change "version" to "version/generation number".
219 * chattr.1.in: Fix stupid file vs filesystem typo.
221 * tune2fs.c Fix spelling error (spare vs sparse).
223 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add safety check to make sure the number of
224 blocks doesn't exceed 32 bits on a 64 bit machine.
226 * chattr.c: Random cleanup; file-only variables are now static.
227 Options for setting/clearings flags put into order, and
228 #ifdef's removed (since we now use a built-in header
229 file). Add error message if user tries to set and reset
232 * lsattr.c: Random cleanup; file-only variables are now static.
233 The -l "long" listing has been changed to look nicer.
234 Options names have been renamed to be more descriptive.
236 2000-02-06 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
238 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, e2label.c, findsuper.c,
239 fsck.c, get_device_by_label.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
240 mklost+found.c, nls-enable.h, partinfo.c, tune2fs.c,
241 uuidgen.c: Add Internationalization support as
242 suggested by Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>.
244 * badblocks.c: Fix non-destructive read/write patches from David
245 Beattie. Non-standard variable-length automatic arrays
246 removed. Non-destrutive write test fixed so that logic is
247 clearer and more provably correct. (I believe the old
248 code had a bug where the disk data wasn't restored if it
249 was interrupted at the wrong time.)
251 * badblocks.8.in: Document new options in man page.
253 2000-02-02 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
255 * fsck.c (interpret_device): If there was an attempt to interpret
256 a device specification of the type "UUID=" or "LABEL=",
257 and it fails, check to see if /proc/partitions is
258 readable. If not, print a warning message about /proc
259 perhaps not being mounted, and exit.
261 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Remove unneeded #include of
262 linux/fs.h. Add #define of MAJOR if necessary.
264 * partinfo.c: Remove unneeded #include of linux/fs.h
266 2000-01-19 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
268 * tune2fs.c (usage): Update the usage message to correctly
269 document the -s option.
271 2000-01-18 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
273 * badblocks.c: Folded in patches David Beattie <dbeattie@usa.net>.
274 Need to do cleanup before release: use of GCC extensions
275 (dynamic arrays); unclean coding tricks (use of || instead
276 of if statements, etc.). Comments from David Beattie:
278 "I added non-destructive write-testing, and quite a few
279 other features. The non-destructive write testing,
280 triggered by new "-n" command-line option, will write test
281 patterns to the disk, but only after reading data off the
282 disk into memory. Then, comparing the test patterns gives
283 a result as to whether or not those sectors are reliable.
284 Finally, the original data is written back.
286 To streamline this operation, I added another option, "-c
287 blocks_at_once", which will give the number of disk blocks
288 to process at one time (mnemonic--"count"). I made this
289 default to 16 (as in the read-only testing mode), and also
290 affect the read-only testing mode. Of course, read-only
291 mode needs (count * block_size) amount of memory, and
292 non-destructive read-write needs 3 times that much, so it
293 makes sense to do the calculations and not overrun
294 available RAM...I would have liked to implement and
295 auto-memory-usage heuristic, but I have no idea if it's
296 even possible to determine the amount of free memory on a
297 Unix system except by reading /proc entries, and that
298 didn't seem portable. I did NOT make this blocks_at_once
299 affect the behavior of the test_rw routine, as it is
300 processing the whole disk at once, anyway.
302 I *think* that I got higher detection rates on my hard
303 drive using random test data than patterned test data, so
304 my non-destructive mode initializes its test data buffer
307 I fixed a typo in flush_bufs that caused the ioctl
308 BLKFLSBUF to never get compiled into the program.
310 Also, I added an "undocumented" (I didn't put it into the
311 usage message; you can if you think it's useful) "-h"
312 option to specify the host device to flush--useful if you
313 want to test out my "non-destructive" code on something
314 other than a hard drive, such as a file on a hard drive,
315 and want the host hard drive to flush.
317 I provided support for an "input" file (via option "-i",
318 similar to the "-o" option)...containing a list of
319 already-known bad blocks; it will skip testing those
320 blocks, thus adding speed to the bad block scan (on my
321 computer, hitting a physically bad block causes a
322 half-second-or-more freeze as the kernel waits for the
323 hard drive to give up and reset itself; pretty annoying
324 when you already know the block is bad from a previous
327 Finally, the real killer, the persistent re-scan (option:
328 "-p num_passes") that I created will, if desired,
329 persistently re-scan the drive until it has completed a
330 user-decidable number of passes in a row during which no
331 new bad blocks are found. On my drive, I would see
332 behavior that a certain percentage of bad blocks would be
333 found with each pass (it was not reliable in the defective
334 areas!), so I wanted it to check it over and over again
335 until it didn't find any more, several times. Perhaps
336 this will be useful to others. Defaults of course to
337 zero, meaning it will stop after the first pass. I used
338 "-p 2" on my drive, and it ran for 2 1/2 days...then used
339 "-p 3" a couple days later and it ran for a few more
340 hours, and since then the rest of my drive has been
343 Implementation of these last two features, "-i" and "-p",
344 I did using a bb_list from libext2fs. I debated whether
345 bad blocks input through "-i" should be output into the
346 "-o" file (or stdout, of course), and decided against it,
347 but left the code to do so in place, commented out, just
348 for your information.
350 In order to maintain data integrity upon interruption of a
351 non-destructive-write test, I created a signal handler
352 which I install which will write back whatever original
353 disk data is in the buffers upon any of the fatal signals
354 (except SIGKILL, of course).
356 Of course, ideally, the new options would be reflected in
357 the badblocks manual page, but I am not experienced at
358 manual page modification; if you decide my patch to
359 badblocks should be incorporated into the distribution, I
360 could learn how to update the manpage and other
361 documentation, or you could do it for me after exercising
362 your opinions, if you have any, on exactly what the
363 command-line parameters should be called and which ones
364 should be in the distribution."
366 2000-01-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
368 * Really fix the bug where "fsck -As" will actually allow
369 interactive fsck's. (For those people who like to do
370 interactive fsck's in the /etc/rc scripts!?!)
372 1999-11-23 <tytso@valinux.com>
374 * tune2fs.8.in: Fix man page so that the sparse_super filesystem
375 option is properly named.
377 1999-11-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
379 * mke2fs.c: Change log2() and log10() to int_log2() and
380 int_log10() to avoid namespace collisions. Change #ifdef
381 sparc to #ifdef __sparc__.
383 1999-11-19 <tytso@valinux.com>
385 * Makefile.in (distclean): Remove TAGS and Makefile.in.old from
386 the source directory.
388 1999-11-10 <tytso@valinux.com>
390 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.18
392 1999-11-10 <tytso@valinux.com>
394 * mke2fs.8.in: Update manual page so that the sparse_option
395 filesystem option is properly named.
397 1999-11-04 <tytso@valinux.com>
399 * fsck.c (main): Move setting of the interactive flag to before
400 the call to check_all(), so that people who try to use
401 fsck -As can do so interactively.
403 1999-10-26 <tytso@valinux.com>
405 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.17
407 1999-10-26 <tytso@valinux.com>
409 * fsck.c (PRS, device_already_active): Add debugging hook; if the
410 environment variable FSCK_FORCE_ALL_PARALLEL is set, then
411 force all fsck runs to happen in parallel.
413 * get_device_by_label.c (has_right_label): Fixed bug where code
414 used a strncmp to compare a binary UUID value which may
415 contain a NULL. Fixed GCC warnings; added const to char *
416 typed variables. Eliminated non-portable use of u_char.
418 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Fix gcc warnings; add const to some char *
419 variables, including in struct mke2fs_defaults.
420 (set_fs_defaults): Changed parameter name to avoid
423 * fsck.c (wait_one): Fix gcc warnings; add #include for ctype.h,
424 add const to char * variables, and use NOARGS to declare
425 functions that take no arguments. Also fix a memory leak
426 in execute() where we weren't freeing argv[] after forking
429 * chattr.c: Add hack to compile in a definition for S_ISLNK so we
430 can successfully compile even with warnings turned on.
432 1999-10-25 <tytso@valinux.com>
434 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Capitalized Hurd to make the GNU types
436 (PRS): Use __u64 instead of long long for portability
437 reasons. Also moved #include of sys/stat.h inside #ifdef
438 HAVE_LINUX_MAJOR_H for portability reasons.
440 * fsck.c (execute): Fix really stupid bug in the linked list
441 management which caused fsck in parallel mode to go into
444 1999-10-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
446 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.16
448 1999-10-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
450 * tune2fs.c (main): Add a new option -O which allows the user to
451 set and clear certain "safe" filsystem feature flags.
452 Currently, the only ones which are supported for
453 modification are sparse_superblock and filetype.
455 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add new option -O which allows the user to
456 request filesystems with specific filesystem options. By
457 default on 2.2 and later systems, create filesystems that
458 have both file type information and sparse superblocks.
460 1999-10-21 <tytso@valinux.com>
462 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, e2label.8.in,
463 fsck.8.in, lsattr.1.in, mke2fs.8.in, mklost+found.8.in,
464 tune2fs.8.in, uuidgen.1.in: Update man page to use a more standard
465 format (bold option flags and italicized variables), as
466 suggested by Andreas Dilger (adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca)
468 1999-10-14 <tytso@valinux.com>
470 * tune2fs.c (main): Fix typo (double spaces) in messages regarding
471 changing the sparse superblock option
473 * fsck.c (wait_one): If the fsck process just started, wait a
474 second before sending a SIGUSR1, to give it a chance
475 to set the signal handler; otherwise, fsck will die on an
478 1999-09-15 <tytso@valinux.com>
480 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Fix display bug when printing out the
481 number of superblocks. Suggested by Yann Dirson.
483 1999-09-08 <tytso@valinux.com>
485 * partinfo.c: Fix minor compilation bugs pointed out by Yann
488 * mke2fs.c: Don't turn on sparse superblocks by default on pre-2.2
491 * mke2fs.8.in: Add the possible valid block sizes for mke2fs.
492 Document the -n flag, and the new defaults for the -s
495 * dumpe2fs.c, dumpe2fs.8.in: Add new options -f (force) and -h
498 1999-08-13 <tytso@valinux.com>
500 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Fix logic for turning on/off the sparse
503 1999-07-18 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
505 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.15
507 1999-07-18 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
509 * mke2fs.c (PRS, set_fs_defaults): Add new option -T which allows
510 the user to specify the how the filesystem is to be used.
511 Mke2fs now chooses the filesystem parameters automatically
512 based on the size of the filesystem and the intended use
513 of the filesystem. Add new option -n which simply goes
514 through the calculations to determine the parameters of
515 the filesystem the system would make.
517 1999-07-18 <tytso@valinux.com>
519 * fsck.c, fsck.h: Add support for new option -C. This option will
520 automatically manage e2fsck processes so that they will
521 print completion/progress bars. If multiple filesystems
522 are being checked, arrange to make sure that only one
523 e2fsck process is displaying a progress bar at a time.
525 1999-07-08 <tytso@valinux.com>
527 * badblocks.c (do_test): Don't complain if the write error occurs
528 on a non-block boundary. This is perfectly common when
529 using blocksizes larger than 1k.
531 1999-07-03 <tytso@valinux.com>
533 * uuidgen.c: Add option parsing so that user can ask for either a
534 time-based UUID or a random-based UUID.
536 1999-07-02 <tytso@valinux.com>
538 * fsck.c: Added support for LABEL= and UUID= specifications for
539 the filesystem's device, to match what recent mount
540 programs can support. Also, close stdin when doing fsck
541 -A or when checking more than one filesystem at a time, so
542 that e2fsck doesn't try to ask interactive questions if
543 the filesystem appears to be mounted.
545 * get_device_by_label.c: New file added to support LABEL=foo and
546 UUID=bar type specifications.
548 1999-07-01 <tytso@valinux.com>
550 * badblocks.c: Make the "done" string include enough spaces to
551 clear out a large block number.
553 1999-06-29 <tytso@valinux.com>
555 * mke2fs.c (check_mount): Allow a filesystem to be made even if it
556 appears mounted if the force option is given.
558 1999-06-24 <tytso@valinux.com>
560 * mke2fs.8.in: Fix typo in man page which caused the badblocks
561 command to not show up in the "SEE ALSO" section.
563 1999-05-02 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
565 * findsuper.c: Added documentation from aeb@cwi.nl; some minor
568 1999-05-20 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
570 * dumpe2fs.c, dumpe2fs.8.in: Added new command-line options which
571 allow a filesystem expert to specify the superblock and
572 blocksize when opening a filesystem. This is mainly
573 useful when examining the remains of a toasted filesystem.
575 1999-03-11 Andreas Dilger <adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca>
577 * uuidgen.c, uuidgen.1.in: Created command-line utility to
580 1999-03-14 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
582 * fsck.c (fsck_device, execute): Don't dereference a null pointer
583 when checking a filesystem not in /etc/fstab.
585 1999-02-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
587 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Print an error message if the user passes
588 in a device or directory name which isn't found in /etc/fstab.
589 Allow the location of /etc/fstab to be overridden by
590 the FSTAB_FILE environment variable.
592 1999-01-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
594 * mke2fs.c (write_inode_tables): Add kludge code so that when the
595 MKE2FS_SYNC environment variable is set, mke2fs will sync
596 every MKE2FS_SYNC block groups, while it is writing out
597 the inode tables. This is to work around a VM bug in the
598 2.0 kernel. I've heard a report that a RAID user was able
599 to trigger it even using a 2.2 kernel.
601 1999-01-16 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
603 * fsck.c (execute, wait_one): Modified routines so that they
604 accurately create an fsck_instance even when the noexecute
605 flag is set. This allows for accurate debugging of the
607 (check_all): When the verbose flag is given twice, print
608 debugging information about when fsck is waiting for jobs
611 1999-01-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
613 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.14
615 1999-01-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
617 * fsck.8.in: Clarified and expanded the documentation for the -A
620 1999-01-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
622 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If the pass number field is missing, it
623 needs to be treated as zero.
625 1999-01-05 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
627 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Allow the user to specify exactly how many
628 inodes he/she wishes.
630 * chattr.c, lsattr.c: Only print the version information for the
631 program if the -V option is given.
633 * chattr.c: Ignore symbolic links when doing a recursive descent
636 1999-01-01 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
638 * fsck.c (load_fs_info, parse_fstab_line): Ignore fstab lines
639 are commented out. Also allow blank lines in the
641 (execute): In verbose mode, print the mountpount of the
642 filesystem which we are checking (user request).
644 1998-12-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
646 * mke2fs.c: Add definition of SCSI_BLK_MAJOR if not defined, for
647 compatibility with Linux 1.2.13 header files.
649 1998-12-15 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
651 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.13
653 1998-12-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
655 * mke2fs.8.in: Fixed stupid typo ("Raid options are _comma_
656 seperated", instead of common separated)
658 1998-12-03 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
660 * Makefile.in: Updated dependencies.
662 1998-11-27 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
664 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Parse /etc/fstab ourselves, instead of
665 relying on getmntent(). This has the advantage of
666 allowing us to properly handle missing pass numbers correctly.
668 1998-11-13 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
670 * tune2fs.8.in: Fix minor display bug in the nroff.
672 * mke2fs.c (show_stats, write_inode_tables): Use the log10
673 function to calculate the display of block numbers so that
674 things look nice on an 80 character display.
676 1998-10-12 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
678 * mke2fs.c (usage): Add the sparse-super-flag to the usage
681 1998-07-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
683 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.12
685 1998-07-04 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
687 * findsuper.c (main): Print the block group number which is now
688 being written by e2fsprogs.
690 1998-06-25 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
692 * fsck.c (ignore): Remove unused variable cp.
694 * chattr.c (fatal_error):
697 * dumpe2fs.c (usage):
698 * badblocks.c (usage): Remove volatile from declaration.
700 * fsck.c: Change use of strdup to be string_copy, since we don't
701 trust what glibc is doing with strdup. (Whatever it is,
704 1998-06-19 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
706 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add a -V option which prints the version number
709 1998-05-14 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
711 * fsck.c (ignore): Remove check for filesystems with the noauto
714 1998-03-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
716 * Makefile.in: Change to use new installation directory variables
717 convention. Fix uninstall rules to take $(DESTDIR) into
718 account. Remove cat8dir and cat1dir from the installdirs
719 target, since modern man package don't necessarily put the
720 cat directory in /usr/man/cat?.
722 1998-03-29 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
724 * e2label.8.in: New man page to document the e2label function.
726 * e2label.c: Fix -Wall warning by making functions static.
728 1998-03-28 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
730 * chattr.1.in: Document that the append-only attribute may
731 only be set or cleared by the superuser.
733 * Update all manual pages to that the availability section is
736 * e2label.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Update manual page to state that
737 labels must be no longer than 16 characters, or they will
740 * e2label.c (change_label), tune2fs.c (main): If the label is
741 longer than 16 characters, print a warning message stating
742 that the label will be truncated.
744 * mke2fs.c (PRS): If the user specifies a filesystem size, and
745 it's larger than the apparent size of the device, print a
746 warning message and ask if the user wants to proceed.
748 1998-03-21 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
750 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Fixed spelling typo in warning
751 message. Fixed up -Wall warnings in file.
753 Sun Mar 8 22:21:48 1998 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
755 * partinfo.c (main): The ioctl BLKGETSIZE requires a long, not an
758 Sun Feb 1 16:53:36 1998 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
760 * badblocks.8: Update documentation to note that output format
761 of badblocks is suitable for use with e2fsck -l or
764 * mke2fs.c (handle_bad_blocks): Fix bug so that all groups with
765 bad superblock backup blocks are printed (not just the
768 Mon Dec 1 17:01:04 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
770 * badblocks.8.in: Add documentation for the -s option.
772 Fri Oct 24 23:37:52 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
775 * chattr.c: Remove #include of getopt.h, since it's not needed.
779 * badblocks.c (main):
781 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Make the variable which getopt returns into be
782 an int, so that it won't lose on platforms where char is
785 Fri Oct 3 13:38:45 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
787 * mke2fs.c (parse_raid_opts): Make parse_raid_opts return a void,
788 to fix a -Wall warning.
790 Mon Sep 15 22:07:12 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
793 * mklost+found.c (main):
797 * badblocks.c (main): Declare main to return an int, as required.
798 Make sure main always ends with an exit(0). (Some
799 programs weren't doing this, and thus were returning a
802 Mon Jul 14 15:27:29 1997 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
804 * e2label.c: New file contributed by Andries Brouwer which
805 provides an easy-to-use interface to modify the filesystem
808 * Makefile.in (SPROGS): Add Makefile support to build e2label
810 Tue Jun 17 01:33:20 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
812 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.11
814 Mon Jun 16 23:37:54 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
816 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Adjust the number of columns printed when
817 displaying the superblock backups to avoid running over
818 80 columns when making a really big disk.
820 Thu May 8 22:22:08 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
822 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, fsck.8.in,
823 mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Fix minor typos and grammer
824 oops found by Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net).
826 * mke2fs.c (test_disk): Pass the blocksize to the bad blocks
827 command so that all of the filesystem gets tested in the
828 case where the blocksize 2048 or 4096.
830 Thu Apr 24 12:16:42 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
832 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.10
834 Thu Apr 24 09:52:47 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
836 * mke2fs.c: Added new option -R, which specifies RAID options.
837 Currently the only supported RAID option is "stride" which
838 specifies the stripe width in RAID filesystem. This is
839 used to aid in the placement of the inode and block
842 * mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Added warnings that the sparse
843 superblock option isn't yet supported by most kernels.
845 Wed Apr 23 22:42:51 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
847 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Make the default filesystem revision be 0, not
848 1. (Since some people are still worried about 1.2.13
851 Thu Apr 17 12:23:38 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
853 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.09
855 Fri Apr 11 18:57:24 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
857 * chattr.1.in: Updated man page so that the 'A' attribute is
858 specified everywhere.
860 * chattr.c (usage): Added usage message for the 'A' attribute.
862 Fri Apr 11 18:56:26 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
864 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.08
866 Thu Apr 10 07:08:03 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
868 * dumpe2fs.c (list_desc): List the offsets of the inode and block
869 bitmaps, and the inode table. List the block boundaries
872 Sat Apr 5 11:55:52 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
874 * tune2fs.c (main): Implement the -s flag allows the user to
875 set and reset the sparse superblock flag.
877 * mke2fs.c (PRS): By default generate DYNAMIC revision
878 filesystems. The -s flag controls whether or not the
879 sparse superblock flag is set.
880 (PRS): Change to allow the user to specify the true
881 maximum number of blocks per group to reflect the
884 Wed Mar 12 13:32:05 1997 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
886 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.07
888 Thu Mar 6 17:15:05 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
890 * mke2fs.c (create_root_dir): Set the root directory's i_uid and
891 i_gid to be the real user and group id.
893 Tue Mar 4 10:14:33 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
895 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Add more intelligent error
896 messages when the device doesn't exist.
898 Sat Mar 1 10:43:32 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
900 * fsck.c (main): Fix bug where the PATH environment variable isn't
901 set when it is unset.
903 Tue Jan 14 12:30:45 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
905 * mke2fs.c (write_inode_tables): Fixed bug in write_inode_tables
906 where a loop variable was getting reused in a nested loop.
907 This caused the inode table to not be correctly
910 Thu Jan 2 00:00:37 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
912 * lsattr.c, chattr.c: Include string.h, since we use memcpy().
914 * findsuper.c: Use time_t for ctime(), not __u32.
916 Sat Dec 28 23:39:18 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
918 * badblocks.c: Adapted -vv modifications from Rik Faith so that
919 they frequently update the block number field.
921 * badblocks.8.in: Document the optional start-block parameter
923 Mon Oct 14 11:52:58 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
925 * mke2fs.c: Updated to use new ext2fs_allocate_tables() function.
927 Tue Oct 8 02:02:03 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
929 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.06
931 Mon Oct 7 00:56:24 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
933 * chattr.1.in: Documented the 'A' (noatime) attribute.
935 * dumpe2fs.c (main): Change EXT2_SWAP to EXT2_FLAG_SWAP for
938 Sun Sep 22 16:18:47 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
940 * chattr.c (decode_arg): Add support for the 'A' (noatime) flag.
942 Thu Sep 12 15:23:07 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
944 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.05
946 Sat Sep 7 07:34:11 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
948 * tune2fs.c (main): Add support for new option -C, which sets the
949 current number of mounts.
950 (main): Allow the interval to be specified in seconds,
951 mostly for debugging.
953 Tue Aug 27 17:27:43 1996 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
955 * Makefile.in (SMANPAGES): Use @FSCK_MAN@ instead of fsck.8.
956 (SPROGS): Use @FSCK_PROG@ instead of fsck.
958 Thu Aug 22 00:51:44 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
960 * mke2fs.c (zap_bootblock): Don't do zap_bootblock on a
963 Tue Aug 20 00:15:46 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
965 * chattr.c (main): Fixed bug so that chattr -v works. (Bug report
966 and fix sent by Charles Howes, chowes@eznet.ca)
968 Fri Aug 9 11:52:42 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
971 * tune2fs.c: Added support for the -L option which sets the volume
972 label, the -M option which sets the last mounted
973 directory, and the -U option which sets the filesystem UUID.
976 * mke2fs.c: Added support for the -o option, which overrides the
977 creator OS. Generate a UUID for the filesystem, if
978 applicable. Added support for the -L option which sets
979 the volume label, and the -M option which sets the last
982 Sat Jun 22 17:43:17 1996 Remy Card <card@bbj.linux.eu.org>
984 * chattr.c (decode_arg): Integrated Michael Nonweiler's fix to
985 avoid a segmentation fault when the "-v" option is used
986 and no version number is specified.
988 Thu May 16 11:12:30 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
990 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.04
992 Wed May 15 21:15:43 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
994 * Makefile.in (fsck): fsck doesn't need to be linked with the ext2
997 Wed Mar 27 00:33:40 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
999 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.03
1001 Thu Mar 7 03:43:20 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1003 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add (for development only) support to
1004 specify revision and inode size of the new filesystem.
1006 Tue Mar 5 03:51:35 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1008 * mke2fs.8.in: Fix a few minor typo's in the man page.
1010 * mke2fs.c (reserve_inodes): Add support for dynamic first inode
1013 Mon Feb 5 22:19:49 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1015 * fsck.c (check_all, PRS): Added new flag -P, which turns on the
1016 parallel root option. This allows you to check the root
1017 filesystem in parallel with the other filesystems. Note
1018 that this is not the safest thing in the world to do,
1019 since if the root filesystem is in doubt things like
1020 the e2fsck executable might be corrupted! But some
1021 sysadmins, who don't want to repartition the root
1022 filesystem to be small and compact, may really want this
1025 Wed Jan 31 11:06:08 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1027 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.02
1029 Tue Oct 30 21:14:12 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1031 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Add check to warn user if they
1032 are trying to mke2fs the whole disk. (/dev/hda
1035 Fri Dec 15 19:09:56 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1037 * fsck.c (check_all): If we break out of the loop because we are
1038 serializing and have just started at fsck we haven't
1039 finished the pass. We need to go round again in case there
1040 are more filesystems to be done in this pass. (Patch
1041 submitted by Mike Jagdis)
1043 Sat Dec 9 10:07:16 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1045 * dumpe2fs.c (in_use): test_bit() was renamed to
1048 Mon Oct 30 20:21:18 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1050 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Check fstype instead of type; this was a
1051 stupid typo which caused coredumps in some cases.
1053 Thu Oct 26 12:05:18 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1055 * Makefile.in (install): Strip programs when they are installed.
1057 Fri Aug 18 15:10:40 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
1059 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Move call of check_mount() from main() to PRS(),
1060 so we do the check to see if the filesystem is mounted
1061 *before* we try to determine the size of the device.
1063 Wed Sep 6 23:34:07 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1065 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Load the informations from /etc/fstab in
1068 Thu Aug 17 22:33:09 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
1070 * mke2fs.c (check_mount): Use the new ext2fs_check_if_mounted()
1071 function to determine if the device is mounted.
1073 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Change call to use the new
1074 ext2fs_get_device_size() function in order to determine
1075 the size of the filesystem. Remove get_size() and
1076 is_valid_offset(), which are no longer called.
1078 Fri Aug 11 08:26:24 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
1080 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Make sure fstype has been set by the user
1081 and that it does not begin with "no" and the user has
1082 specified exactly one type before using it as the type to
1085 Fri Aug 11 14:17:18 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1094 * tune2fs.8: Updated date and version number.
1096 Thu Aug 10 14:18:36 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1098 * tune2fs.c: Fixed a bug which prevented the use of user and group
1099 names with the -g and -u options. Thanks to Jean Christophe
1100 ANDRE <progfou@mycrob.cafard.freenix.fr>.
1103 * tune2fs.8: Fixed a spelling error in Ted's name :-)
1105 Wed Aug 9 20:41:54 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
1107 * mke2fs.c (count_blocks): Divide the size by
1108 EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(¶m), instead of assuming that the
1109 blocksize is always 1024 bytes.
1111 Sat Aug 5 12:00:51 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
1113 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Use malloc() instead of alloca() --- alloca() is
1114 not portable!! In any case putenv() in some systems must
1115 take a static character array or malloc()'ed memory;
1116 passing memory allocated using alloca() to putenv() is not
1119 * chattr.c (chattr_dir_proc):
1120 * lsattr.c (lsattr_dir_proc): Use malloc() instead of alloca() ---
1121 alloca is not portable!
1123 * fsck.c (fsck_device): If the filesystem type is specified by the
1124 user using the -t option, let it override the type in
1127 * fsck.c (strdup): Don't build strdup() if the system defines it.
1129 Mon Jun 12 19:15:10 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@dcl)
1131 * chattr.c, lsattr.c: Include <sys/types.h> for <dirent.h>'s
1134 * The $(UPROGS) go in bin, not sbin.
1136 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, fsck.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
1137 tune2fs.c: Don't include <getopt.h> if it doesn't exist.
1139 Mon Jun 12 16:36:04 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
1141 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, fsck.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
1142 tune2fs.c: Only include getopt.h if HAVE_GETOPT_H is defined.
1144 Sat Jun 10 23:37:09 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
1146 * chattr.c: Include errno.h, since we use errno
1148 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If HAVE_MNTENT_H is not defined,
1149 explicitly initialize filesys_info to be NULL.
1151 * mke2fs.c: Include the stdio.h and errno.h header files
1153 Thu Jun 8 13:25:23 1995 Miles Bader <miles@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
1155 * mke2fs.c: Only include <linux/fs.h> if we can.
1156 (get_size): Don't try to use the BLKGETSIZE ioctl unless it's defined.
1157 (check_mount): Only check to see if the device is mounted if
1158 HAVE_MNTENT_H is defined (by configure).
1160 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Only try to get info about filesystems if
1161 HAVE_MNTENT_H is defined (by configure).
1162 (main): Allocate space for a new fsck_path instead of append to a
1163 statically sized buffer.
1164 (PRS): Use alloca to allocate the new path string, instead of
1165 having a fixed size buffer (which was the wrong size anyway).
1167 * chattr.c (chattr_dir_proc): Use alloca to allocate space for a
1168 filename instead of using a fixed-size buffer.
1169 * lsattr.c (lsattr_dir_proc): Ditto.
1170 * mklost+fond.c (main): Calculate the actual needed size for the
1171 path buffer instead of using MAXPATHLEN (which not all systems have).
1173 * badblocks.c: Only include linux include files if we have them.
1174 (flush_bufs): New function to flush a block device, optionally
1175 syncing it first. This replaces other copies of this code.
1176 (test_ro): Replace calls to ioctl with flush_bufs().
1179 * Makefile.in: Rewritten to conform to GNU coding standards and
1180 support separate compilation directories.
1182 Sat Mar 11 10:59:58 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@localhost>
1184 * mke2fs.c (main, zap_bootblock): Added new function
1185 zap_bootblock() which clears the first 512 bytes of the
1186 filesystem. This protects the filesystem from being
1187 misidentified as a MS-DOS FAT filesystem.
1189 * badblocks.c (alarm_intr, test_ro, test_rw): Increase the space
1190 allocated for printing the block numbers, so that the
1191 display doesn't get corrupted when running badblocks on a
1192 very large partition.
1194 * badblocks.c (do_test, test_ro, test_rw): Added missing cast to
1195 ext2_loff_t, so that when checking a large device,
1196 spurious seek errors aren't reported.
1198 * mke2fs.c (count_blocks): Declare mid to be of type ext2_loff_t
1199 instead of type int, so that it works for filesystems
1200 greater than 2 GB. (Fortunately count_blocks is only
1201 called if the device does not support the BLKGETSIZE
1202 ioctl, which most do.)
1204 * fsck.c (ignore): Add check to ignore filesystems with a pass
1205 number of zero. (This check was accidentally deleted at
1206 during 0.5b development.)
1208 Sat Dec 31 00:47:16 1994 <tytso@rsx-11.mit.edu>
1210 * mke2fs.c (new_table_block, alloc_tables, PRS, main): Add a new
1211 option, -S, which only writes the superblock and group
1212 descriptors. Useful for recovering when all of the
1213 superblocks are corrupted somehow (as a last ditch
1216 Also, don't bother initializing the bitmap blocks in
1217 alloc_tables(), since they will be overwritten at the end
1218 anyway. (Should speed up mke2fs by a little.)
1220 Tue Dec 6 02:20:55 1994 <tytso@rsx-11.mit.edu>
1222 * fsck.c (main): Fix stupid typo where a null inst would be freed.
1224 * fsck.c (wait_one): Check WIFEXITED on status before trying to
1225 extract the exit status. In other cases, return
1226 FSCK_ERROR if the back end processor exited with a signal.
1228 Tue Nov 15 10:20:00 1994 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1230 * tune2fs.c (main): Fixed a bug which prevented the use of the
1232 Added the `w' (week) suffix recognition in the check interval.
1234 Sun Nov 13 15:58:48 1994 (tytso@rsx-11)
1236 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If the user has an obviously old
1237 /etc/fstab file, issue a warning message and assume that
1238 all partitions should be checked.
1240 Sat Nov 12 00:33:18 1994 (tytso@rsx-11)
1242 * dumpe2fs.c (list_desc): Update to new inode and block bitmap
1245 * mke2fs.c (create_root_dir): Create the root directory owned by
1248 Mon Nov 7 22:04:37 1994 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1250 * tune2fs.c (main.c): Added support for new options:
1251 -r reserved_blocks_count, -g reserved_gid, -u reserved_uid.
1253 Sun Aug 21 00:57:33 1994 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@rt-11)
1255 * fsck.c (ignore): If the pass number is 0, ignore the filesystem.
1257 Wed Aug 17 21:55:03 1994 Remy Card (card@bbj)
1259 * badblocks.c (test_rw): Added verbose output like in the
1262 (do_test and test_rw): Use the llseek system call if available.
1264 * chattr.c: Added support for new attributes.
1266 * lsattr.c: Added support for long format.
1268 * mke2fs.c (usage): Fixed bogus usage message.
1270 (valid_offset): Use the llseek system call if available.
1272 Wed Aug 17 10:50:57 1994 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@rt-11)
1274 * mke2fs.c (handle_bad_blocks): Check to see if a bad block is
1275 where a backup superblock/group descriptor is stored. If so,
1276 print a warning message and adjust the superblock counts so that
1277 they are correct. (Otherwise, the bad block will get counted
1278 twice and the # of free blocks count will be wrong.)
1280 (alloc_tables): Removed code which calcualated the free block
1281 statistics, which was moved to lib/ext2fs/initialize.c. This
1282 allows the bad block code to adjust the group descriptor
1283 statistics if necessary.