1 Thu Apr 6 17:50:25 2000 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@signal.thunk.org>
3 * badblocks.c (flush_bufs): Use fsync() if the system doesn't
6 2000-04-03 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
8 * badblocks.c, dumpe2fs.c, e2label.c, mke2fs.c, tune2fs.c,
9 uuidgen.c: For platforms that don't define optarg.h,
10 manually define optarg and optind.
12 * badblocks.8.in: Updated manual page with suggestions from David
15 * badblocks.c (test_nd): Generalized cleanup and bug-fixes. We
16 now explicitly clear out the signal handlers to prevent a
17 longjmp to a deactivated stack frame.
18 (test_rw): Fixed a signed vs. unsigned comparison error.
20 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, lsattr.1.in,
21 mklost+found.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Update Remy Card's e-mail
23 chattr.1.in: Update which attributes aren't supported.
25 2000-02-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
28 * lsattr.1.in: Change "version" to "version/generation number".
30 * chattr.1.in: Fix stupid file vs filesystem typo.
32 * tune2fs.c Fix spelling error (spare vs sparse).
34 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add safety check to make sure the number of
35 blocks doesn't exceed 32 bits on a 64 bit machine.
37 * chattr.c: Random cleanup; file-only variables are now static.
38 Options for setting/clearings flags put into order, and
39 #ifdef's removed (since we now use a built-in header
40 file). Add error message if user tries to set and reset
43 * lsattr.c: Random cleanup; file-only variables are now static.
44 The -l "long" listing has been changed to look nicer.
45 Options names have been renamed to be more descriptive.
47 2000-02-06 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
49 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, e2label.c, findsuper.c,
50 fsck.c, get_device_by_label.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
51 mklost+found.c, nls-enable.h, partinfo.c, tune2fs.c,
52 uuidgen.c: Add Internationalization support as
53 suggested by Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>.
55 * badblocks.c: Fix non-destructive read/write patches from David
56 Beattie. Non-standard variable-length automatic arrays
57 removed. Non-destrutive write test fixed so that logic is
58 clearer and more provably correct. (I believe the old
59 code had a bug where the disk data wasn't restored if it
60 was interrupted at the wrong time.)
62 * badblocks.8.in: Document new options in man page.
64 2000-02-02 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
66 * fsck.c (interpret_device): If there was an attempt to interpret
67 a device specification of the type "UUID=" or "LABEL=",
68 and it fails, check to see if /proc/partitions is
69 readable. If not, print a warning message about /proc
70 perhaps not being mounted, and exit.
72 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Remove unneeded #include of
73 linux/fs.h. Add #define of MAJOR if necessary.
75 * partinfo.c: Remove unneeded #include of linux/fs.h
77 2000-01-19 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
79 * tune2fs.c (usage): Update the usage message to correctly
80 document the -s option.
82 2000-01-18 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
84 * badblocks.c: Folded in patches David Beattie <dbeattie@usa.net>.
85 Need to do cleanup before release: use of GCC extensions
86 (dynamic arrays); unclean coding tricks (use of || instead
87 of if statements, etc.). Comments from David Beattie:
89 "I added non-destructive write-testing, and quite a few
90 other features. The non-destructive write testing,
91 triggered by new "-n" command-line option, will write test
92 patterns to the disk, but only after reading data off the
93 disk into memory. Then, comparing the test patterns gives
94 a result as to whether or not those sectors are reliable.
95 Finally, the original data is written back.
97 To streamline this operation, I added another option, "-c
98 blocks_at_once", which will give the number of disk blocks
99 to process at one time (mnemonic--"count"). I made this
100 default to 16 (as in the read-only testing mode), and also
101 affect the read-only testing mode. Of course, read-only
102 mode needs (count * block_size) amount of memory, and
103 non-destructive read-write needs 3 times that much, so it
104 makes sense to do the calculations and not overrun
105 available RAM...I would have liked to implement and
106 auto-memory-usage heuristic, but I have no idea if it's
107 even possible to determine the amount of free memory on a
108 Unix system except by reading /proc entries, and that
109 didn't seem portable. I did NOT make this blocks_at_once
110 affect the behavior of the test_rw routine, as it is
111 processing the whole disk at once, anyway.
113 I *think* that I got higher detection rates on my hard
114 drive using random test data than patterned test data, so
115 my non-destructive mode initializes its test data buffer
118 I fixed a typo in flush_bufs that caused the ioctl
119 BLKFLSBUF to never get compiled into the program.
121 Also, I added an "undocumented" (I didn't put it into the
122 usage message; you can if you think it's useful) "-h"
123 option to specify the host device to flush--useful if you
124 want to test out my "non-destructive" code on something
125 other than a hard drive, such as a file on a hard drive,
126 and want the host hard drive to flush.
128 I provided support for an "input" file (via option "-i",
129 similar to the "-o" option)...containing a list of
130 already-known bad blocks; it will skip testing those
131 blocks, thus adding speed to the bad block scan (on my
132 computer, hitting a physically bad block causes a
133 half-second-or-more freeze as the kernel waits for the
134 hard drive to give up and reset itself; pretty annoying
135 when you already know the block is bad from a previous
138 Finally, the real killer, the persistent re-scan (option:
139 "-p num_passes") that I created will, if desired,
140 persistently re-scan the drive until it has completed a
141 user-decidable number of passes in a row during which no
142 new bad blocks are found. On my drive, I would see
143 behavior that a certain percentage of bad blocks would be
144 found with each pass (it was not reliable in the defective
145 areas!), so I wanted it to check it over and over again
146 until it didn't find any more, several times. Perhaps
147 this will be useful to others. Defaults of course to
148 zero, meaning it will stop after the first pass. I used
149 "-p 2" on my drive, and it ran for 2 1/2 days...then used
150 "-p 3" a couple days later and it ran for a few more
151 hours, and since then the rest of my drive has been
154 Implementation of these last two features, "-i" and "-p",
155 I did using a bb_list from libext2fs. I debated whether
156 bad blocks input through "-i" should be output into the
157 "-o" file (or stdout, of course), and decided against it,
158 but left the code to do so in place, commented out, just
159 for your information.
161 In order to maintain data integrity upon interruption of a
162 non-destructive-write test, I created a signal handler
163 which I install which will write back whatever original
164 disk data is in the buffers upon any of the fatal signals
165 (except SIGKILL, of course).
167 Of course, ideally, the new options would be reflected in
168 the badblocks manual page, but I am not experienced at
169 manual page modification; if you decide my patch to
170 badblocks should be incorporated into the distribution, I
171 could learn how to update the manpage and other
172 documentation, or you could do it for me after exercising
173 your opinions, if you have any, on exactly what the
174 command-line parameters should be called and which ones
175 should be in the distribution."
177 2000-01-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
179 * Really fix the bug where "fsck -As" will actually allow
180 interactive fsck's. (For those people who like to do
181 interactive fsck's in the /etc/rc scripts!?!)
183 1999-11-23 <tytso@valinux.com>
185 * tune2fs.8.in: Fix man page so that the sparse_super filesystem
186 option is properly named.
188 1999-11-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
190 * mke2fs.c: Change log2() and log10() to int_log2() and
191 int_log10() to avoid namespace collisions. Change #ifdef
192 sparc to #ifdef __sparc__.
194 1999-11-19 <tytso@valinux.com>
196 * Makefile.in (distclean): Remove TAGS and Makefile.in.old from
197 the source directory.
199 1999-11-10 <tytso@valinux.com>
201 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.18
203 1999-11-10 <tytso@valinux.com>
205 * mke2fs.8.in: Update manual page so that the sparse_option
206 filesystem option is properly named.
208 1999-11-04 <tytso@valinux.com>
210 * fsck.c (main): Move setting of the interactive flag to before
211 the call to check_all(), so that people who try to use
212 fsck -As can do so interactively.
214 1999-10-26 <tytso@valinux.com>
216 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.17
218 1999-10-26 <tytso@valinux.com>
220 * fsck.c (PRS, device_already_active): Add debugging hook; if the
221 environment variable FSCK_FORCE_ALL_PARALLEL is set, then
222 force all fsck runs to happen in parallel.
224 * get_device_by_label.c (has_right_label): Fixed bug where code
225 used a strncmp to compare a binary UUID value which may
226 contain a NULL. Fixed GCC warnings; added const to char *
227 typed variables. Eliminated non-portable use of u_char.
229 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Fix gcc warnings; add const to some char *
230 variables, including in struct mke2fs_defaults.
231 (set_fs_defaults): Changed parameter name to avoid
234 * fsck.c (wait_one): Fix gcc warnings; add #include for ctype.h,
235 add const to char * variables, and use NOARGS to declare
236 functions that take no arguments. Also fix a memory leak
237 in execute() where we weren't freeing argv[] after forking
240 * chattr.c: Add hack to compile in a definition for S_ISLNK so we
241 can successfully compile even with warnings turned on.
243 1999-10-25 <tytso@valinux.com>
245 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Capitalized Hurd to make the GNU types
247 (PRS): Use __u64 instead of long long for portability
248 reasons. Also moved #include of sys/stat.h inside #ifdef
249 HAVE_LINUX_MAJOR_H for portability reasons.
251 * fsck.c (execute): Fix really stupid bug in the linked list
252 management which caused fsck in parallel mode to go into
255 1999-10-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
257 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.16
259 1999-10-22 <tytso@valinux.com>
261 * tune2fs.c (main): Add a new option -O which allows the user to
262 set and clear certain "safe" filsystem feature flags.
263 Currently, the only ones which are supported for
264 modification are sparse_superblock and filetype.
266 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add new option -O which allows the user to
267 request filesystems with specific filesystem options. By
268 default on 2.2 and later systems, create filesystems that
269 have both file type information and sparse superblocks.
271 1999-10-21 <tytso@valinux.com>
273 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, e2label.8.in,
274 fsck.8.in, lsattr.1.in, mke2fs.8.in, mklost+found.8.in,
275 tune2fs.8.in, uuidgen.1.in: Update man page to use a more standard
276 format (bold option flags and italicized variables), as
277 suggested by Andreas Dilger (adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca)
279 1999-10-14 <tytso@valinux.com>
281 * tune2fs.c (main): Fix typo (double spaces) in messages regarding
282 changing the sparse superblock option
284 * fsck.c (wait_one): If the fsck process just started, wait a
285 second before sending a SIGUSR1, to give it a chance
286 to set the signal handler; otherwise, fsck will die on an
289 1999-09-15 <tytso@valinux.com>
291 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Fix display bug when printing out the
292 number of superblocks. Suggested by Yann Dirson.
294 1999-09-08 <tytso@valinux.com>
296 * partinfo.c: Fix minor compilation bugs pointed out by Yann
299 * mke2fs.c: Don't turn on sparse superblocks by default on pre-2.2
302 * mke2fs.8.in: Add the possible valid block sizes for mke2fs.
303 Document the -n flag, and the new defaults for the -s
306 * dumpe2fs.c, dumpe2fs.8.in: Add new options -f (force) and -h
309 1999-08-13 <tytso@valinux.com>
311 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Fix logic for turning on/off the sparse
314 1999-07-18 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@valinux.com>
316 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.15
318 1999-07-18 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
320 * mke2fs.c (PRS, set_fs_defaults): Add new option -T which allows
321 the user to specify the how the filesystem is to be used.
322 Mke2fs now chooses the filesystem parameters automatically
323 based on the size of the filesystem and the intended use
324 of the filesystem. Add new option -n which simply goes
325 through the calculations to determine the parameters of
326 the filesystem the system would make.
328 1999-07-18 <tytso@valinux.com>
330 * fsck.c, fsck.h: Add support for new option -C. This option will
331 automatically manage e2fsck processes so that they will
332 print completion/progress bars. If multiple filesystems
333 are being checked, arrange to make sure that only one
334 e2fsck process is displaying a progress bar at a time.
336 1999-07-08 <tytso@valinux.com>
338 * badblocks.c (do_test): Don't complain if the write error occurs
339 on a non-block boundary. This is perfectly common when
340 using blocksizes larger than 1k.
342 1999-07-03 <tytso@valinux.com>
344 * uuidgen.c: Add option parsing so that user can ask for either a
345 time-based UUID or a random-based UUID.
347 1999-07-02 <tytso@valinux.com>
349 * fsck.c: Added support for LABEL= and UUID= specifications for
350 the filesystem's device, to match what recent mount
351 programs can support. Also, close stdin when doing fsck
352 -A or when checking more than one filesystem at a time, so
353 that e2fsck doesn't try to ask interactive questions if
354 the filesystem appears to be mounted.
356 * get_device_by_label.c: New file added to support LABEL=foo and
357 UUID=bar type specifications.
359 1999-07-01 <tytso@valinux.com>
361 * badblocks.c: Make the "done" string include enough spaces to
362 clear out a large block number.
364 1999-06-29 <tytso@valinux.com>
366 * mke2fs.c (check_mount): Allow a filesystem to be made even if it
367 appears mounted if the force option is given.
369 1999-06-24 <tytso@valinux.com>
371 * mke2fs.8.in: Fix typo in man page which caused the badblocks
372 command to not show up in the "SEE ALSO" section.
374 1999-05-02 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
376 * findsuper.c: Added documentation from aeb@cwi.nl; some minor
379 1999-05-20 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
381 * dumpe2fs.c, dumpe2fs.8.in: Added new command-line options which
382 allow a filesystem expert to specify the superblock and
383 blocksize when opening a filesystem. This is mainly
384 useful when examining the remains of a toasted filesystem.
386 1999-03-11 Andreas Dilger <adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca>
388 * uuidgen.c, uuidgen.1.in: Created command-line utility to
391 1999-03-14 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
393 * fsck.c (fsck_device, execute): Don't dereference a null pointer
394 when checking a filesystem not in /etc/fstab.
396 1999-02-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
398 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Print an error message if the user passes
399 in a device or directory name which isn't found in /etc/fstab.
400 Allow the location of /etc/fstab to be overridden by
401 the FSTAB_FILE environment variable.
403 1999-01-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
405 * mke2fs.c (write_inode_tables): Add kludge code so that when the
406 MKE2FS_SYNC environment variable is set, mke2fs will sync
407 every MKE2FS_SYNC block groups, while it is writing out
408 the inode tables. This is to work around a VM bug in the
409 2.0 kernel. I've heard a report that a RAID user was able
410 to trigger it even using a 2.2 kernel.
412 1999-01-16 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
414 * fsck.c (execute, wait_one): Modified routines so that they
415 accurately create an fsck_instance even when the noexecute
416 flag is set. This allows for accurate debugging of the
418 (check_all): When the verbose flag is given twice, print
419 debugging information about when fsck is waiting for jobs
422 1999-01-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
424 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.14
426 1999-01-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
428 * fsck.8.in: Clarified and expanded the documentation for the -A
431 1999-01-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
433 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If the pass number field is missing, it
434 needs to be treated as zero.
436 1999-01-05 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
438 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Allow the user to specify exactly how many
439 inodes he/she wishes.
441 * chattr.c, lsattr.c: Only print the version information for the
442 program if the -V option is given.
444 * chattr.c: Ignore symbolic links when doing a recursive descent
447 1999-01-01 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
449 * fsck.c (load_fs_info, parse_fstab_line): Ignore fstab lines
450 are commented out. Also allow blank lines in the
452 (execute): In verbose mode, print the mountpount of the
453 filesystem which we are checking (user request).
455 1998-12-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
457 * mke2fs.c: Add definition of SCSI_BLK_MAJOR if not defined, for
458 compatibility with Linux 1.2.13 header files.
460 1998-12-15 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
462 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.13
464 1998-12-07 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
466 * mke2fs.8.in: Fixed stupid typo ("Raid options are _comma_
467 seperated", instead of common separated)
469 1998-12-03 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
471 * Makefile.in: Updated dependencies.
473 1998-11-27 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
475 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Parse /etc/fstab ourselves, instead of
476 relying on getmntent(). This has the advantage of
477 allowing us to properly handle missing pass numbers correctly.
479 1998-11-13 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
481 * tune2fs.8.in: Fix minor display bug in the nroff.
483 * mke2fs.c (show_stats, write_inode_tables): Use the log10
484 function to calculate the display of block numbers so that
485 things look nice on an 80 character display.
487 1998-10-12 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
489 * mke2fs.c (usage): Add the sparse-super-flag to the usage
492 1998-07-09 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
494 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.12
496 1998-07-04 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
498 * findsuper.c (main): Print the block group number which is now
499 being written by e2fsprogs.
501 1998-06-25 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
503 * fsck.c (ignore): Remove unused variable cp.
505 * chattr.c (fatal_error):
508 * dumpe2fs.c (usage):
509 * badblocks.c (usage): Remove volatile from declaration.
511 * fsck.c: Change use of strdup to be string_copy, since we don't
512 trust what glibc is doing with strdup. (Whatever it is,
515 1998-06-19 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
517 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add a -V option which prints the version number
520 1998-05-14 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
522 * fsck.c (ignore): Remove check for filesystems with the noauto
525 1998-03-30 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
527 * Makefile.in: Change to use new installation directory variables
528 convention. Fix uninstall rules to take $(DESTDIR) into
529 account. Remove cat8dir and cat1dir from the installdirs
530 target, since modern man package don't necessarily put the
531 cat directory in /usr/man/cat?.
533 1998-03-29 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
535 * e2label.8.in: New man page to document the e2label function.
537 * e2label.c: Fix -Wall warning by making functions static.
539 1998-03-28 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
541 * chattr.1.in: Document that the append-only attribute may
542 only be set or cleared by the superuser.
544 * Update all manual pages to that the availability section is
547 * e2label.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Update manual page to state that
548 labels must be no longer than 16 characters, or they will
551 * e2label.c (change_label), tune2fs.c (main): If the label is
552 longer than 16 characters, print a warning message stating
553 that the label will be truncated.
555 * mke2fs.c (PRS): If the user specifies a filesystem size, and
556 it's larger than the apparent size of the device, print a
557 warning message and ask if the user wants to proceed.
559 1998-03-21 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
561 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Fixed spelling typo in warning
562 message. Fixed up -Wall warnings in file.
564 Sun Mar 8 22:21:48 1998 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
566 * partinfo.c (main): The ioctl BLKGETSIZE requires a long, not an
569 Sun Feb 1 16:53:36 1998 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
571 * badblocks.8: Update documentation to note that output format
572 of badblocks is suitable for use with e2fsck -l or
575 * mke2fs.c (handle_bad_blocks): Fix bug so that all groups with
576 bad superblock backup blocks are printed (not just the
579 Mon Dec 1 17:01:04 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
581 * badblocks.8.in: Add documentation for the -s option.
583 Fri Oct 24 23:37:52 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
586 * chattr.c: Remove #include of getopt.h, since it's not needed.
590 * badblocks.c (main):
592 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Make the variable which getopt returns into be
593 an int, so that it won't lose on platforms where char is
596 Fri Oct 3 13:38:45 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
598 * mke2fs.c (parse_raid_opts): Make parse_raid_opts return a void,
599 to fix a -Wall warning.
601 Mon Sep 15 22:07:12 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
604 * mklost+found.c (main):
608 * badblocks.c (main): Declare main to return an int, as required.
609 Make sure main always ends with an exit(0). (Some
610 programs weren't doing this, and thus were returning a
613 Mon Jul 14 15:27:29 1997 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
615 * e2label.c: New file contributed by Andries Brouwer which
616 provides an easy-to-use interface to modify the filesystem
619 * Makefile.in (SPROGS): Add Makefile support to build e2label
621 Tue Jun 17 01:33:20 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
623 * Release of E2fsprogs 1.11
625 Mon Jun 16 23:37:54 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
627 * mke2fs.c (show_stats): Adjust the number of columns printed when
628 displaying the superblock backups to avoid running over
629 80 columns when making a really big disk.
631 Thu May 8 22:22:08 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
633 * badblocks.8.in, chattr.1.in, dumpe2fs.8.in, fsck.8.in,
634 mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Fix minor typos and grammer
635 oops found by Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net).
637 * mke2fs.c (test_disk): Pass the blocksize to the bad blocks
638 command so that all of the filesystem gets tested in the
639 case where the blocksize 2048 or 4096.
641 Thu Apr 24 12:16:42 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
643 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.10
645 Thu Apr 24 09:52:47 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
647 * mke2fs.c: Added new option -R, which specifies RAID options.
648 Currently the only supported RAID option is "stride" which
649 specifies the stripe width in RAID filesystem. This is
650 used to aid in the placement of the inode and block
653 * mke2fs.8.in, tune2fs.8.in: Added warnings that the sparse
654 superblock option isn't yet supported by most kernels.
656 Wed Apr 23 22:42:51 1997 Theodre Ts'o <tytso@localhost.mit.edu>
658 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Make the default filesystem revision be 0, not
659 1. (Since some people are still worried about 1.2.13
662 Thu Apr 17 12:23:38 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
664 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.09
666 Fri Apr 11 18:57:24 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
668 * chattr.1.in: Updated man page so that the 'A' attribute is
669 specified everywhere.
671 * chattr.c (usage): Added usage message for the 'A' attribute.
673 Fri Apr 11 18:56:26 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
675 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.08
677 Thu Apr 10 07:08:03 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
679 * dumpe2fs.c (list_desc): List the offsets of the inode and block
680 bitmaps, and the inode table. List the block boundaries
683 Sat Apr 5 11:55:52 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
685 * tune2fs.c (main): Implement the -s flag allows the user to
686 set and reset the sparse superblock flag.
688 * mke2fs.c (PRS): By default generate DYNAMIC revision
689 filesystems. The -s flag controls whether or not the
690 sparse superblock flag is set.
691 (PRS): Change to allow the user to specify the true
692 maximum number of blocks per group to reflect the
695 Wed Mar 12 13:32:05 1997 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
697 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.07
699 Thu Mar 6 17:15:05 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
701 * mke2fs.c (create_root_dir): Set the root directory's i_uid and
702 i_gid to be the real user and group id.
704 Tue Mar 4 10:14:33 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
706 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Add more intelligent error
707 messages when the device doesn't exist.
709 Sat Mar 1 10:43:32 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
711 * fsck.c (main): Fix bug where the PATH environment variable isn't
712 set when it is unset.
714 Tue Jan 14 12:30:45 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
716 * mke2fs.c (write_inode_tables): Fixed bug in write_inode_tables
717 where a loop variable was getting reused in a nested loop.
718 This caused the inode table to not be correctly
721 Thu Jan 2 00:00:37 1997 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
723 * lsattr.c, chattr.c: Include string.h, since we use memcpy().
725 * findsuper.c: Use time_t for ctime(), not __u32.
727 Sat Dec 28 23:39:18 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
729 * badblocks.c: Adapted -vv modifications from Rik Faith so that
730 they frequently update the block number field.
732 * badblocks.8.in: Document the optional start-block parameter
734 Mon Oct 14 11:52:58 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
736 * mke2fs.c: Updated to use new ext2fs_allocate_tables() function.
738 Tue Oct 8 02:02:03 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
740 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.06
742 Mon Oct 7 00:56:24 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
744 * chattr.1.in: Documented the 'A' (noatime) attribute.
746 * dumpe2fs.c (main): Change EXT2_SWAP to EXT2_FLAG_SWAP for
749 Sun Sep 22 16:18:47 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
751 * chattr.c (decode_arg): Add support for the 'A' (noatime) flag.
753 Thu Sep 12 15:23:07 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
755 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.05
757 Sat Sep 7 07:34:11 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
759 * tune2fs.c (main): Add support for new option -C, which sets the
760 current number of mounts.
761 (main): Allow the interval to be specified in seconds,
762 mostly for debugging.
764 Tue Aug 27 17:27:43 1996 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
766 * Makefile.in (SMANPAGES): Use @FSCK_MAN@ instead of fsck.8.
767 (SPROGS): Use @FSCK_PROG@ instead of fsck.
769 Thu Aug 22 00:51:44 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
771 * mke2fs.c (zap_bootblock): Don't do zap_bootblock on a
774 Tue Aug 20 00:15:46 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
776 * chattr.c (main): Fixed bug so that chattr -v works. (Bug report
777 and fix sent by Charles Howes, chowes@eznet.ca)
779 Fri Aug 9 11:52:42 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
782 * tune2fs.c: Added support for the -L option which sets the volume
783 label, the -M option which sets the last mounted
784 directory, and the -U option which sets the filesystem UUID.
787 * mke2fs.c: Added support for the -o option, which overrides the
788 creator OS. Generate a UUID for the filesystem, if
789 applicable. Added support for the -L option which sets
790 the volume label, and the -M option which sets the last
793 Sat Jun 22 17:43:17 1996 Remy Card <card@bbj.linux.eu.org>
795 * chattr.c (decode_arg): Integrated Michael Nonweiler's fix to
796 avoid a segmentation fault when the "-v" option is used
797 and no version number is specified.
799 Thu May 16 11:12:30 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
801 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.04
803 Wed May 15 21:15:43 1996 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
805 * Makefile.in (fsck): fsck doesn't need to be linked with the ext2
808 Wed Mar 27 00:33:40 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
810 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.03
812 Thu Mar 7 03:43:20 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
814 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Add (for development only) support to
815 specify revision and inode size of the new filesystem.
817 Tue Mar 5 03:51:35 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
819 * mke2fs.8.in: Fix a few minor typo's in the man page.
821 * mke2fs.c (reserve_inodes): Add support for dynamic first inode
824 Mon Feb 5 22:19:49 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
826 * fsck.c (check_all, PRS): Added new flag -P, which turns on the
827 parallel root option. This allows you to check the root
828 filesystem in parallel with the other filesystems. Note
829 that this is not the safest thing in the world to do,
830 since if the root filesystem is in doubt things like
831 the e2fsck executable might be corrupted! But some
832 sysadmins, who don't want to repartition the root
833 filesystem to be small and compact, may really want this
836 Wed Jan 31 11:06:08 1996 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
838 * Release of E2fsprogs version 1.02
840 Tue Oct 30 21:14:12 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
842 * mke2fs.c (check_plausibility): Add check to warn user if they
843 are trying to mke2fs the whole disk. (/dev/hda
846 Fri Dec 15 19:09:56 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
848 * fsck.c (check_all): If we break out of the loop because we are
849 serializing and have just started at fsck we haven't
850 finished the pass. We need to go round again in case there
851 are more filesystems to be done in this pass. (Patch
852 submitted by Mike Jagdis)
854 Sat Dec 9 10:07:16 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
856 * dumpe2fs.c (in_use): test_bit() was renamed to
859 Mon Oct 30 20:21:18 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
861 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Check fstype instead of type; this was a
862 stupid typo which caused coredumps in some cases.
864 Thu Oct 26 12:05:18 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
866 * Makefile.in (install): Strip programs when they are installed.
868 Fri Aug 18 15:10:40 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
870 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Move call of check_mount() from main() to PRS(),
871 so we do the check to see if the filesystem is mounted
872 *before* we try to determine the size of the device.
874 Wed Sep 6 23:34:07 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
876 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Load the informations from /etc/fstab in
879 Thu Aug 17 22:33:09 1995 <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
881 * mke2fs.c (check_mount): Use the new ext2fs_check_if_mounted()
882 function to determine if the device is mounted.
884 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Change call to use the new
885 ext2fs_get_device_size() function in order to determine
886 the size of the filesystem. Remove get_size() and
887 is_valid_offset(), which are no longer called.
889 Fri Aug 11 08:26:24 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
891 * fsck.c (fsck_device): Make sure fstype has been set by the user
892 and that it does not begin with "no" and the user has
893 specified exactly one type before using it as the type to
896 Fri Aug 11 14:17:18 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
905 * tune2fs.8: Updated date and version number.
907 Thu Aug 10 14:18:36 1995 Remy Card <card@bbj>
909 * tune2fs.c: Fixed a bug which prevented the use of user and group
910 names with the -g and -u options. Thanks to Jean Christophe
911 ANDRE <progfou@mycrob.cafard.freenix.fr>.
914 * tune2fs.8: Fixed a spelling error in Ted's name :-)
916 Wed Aug 9 20:41:54 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
918 * mke2fs.c (count_blocks): Divide the size by
919 EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(¶m), instead of assuming that the
920 blocksize is always 1024 bytes.
922 Sat Aug 5 12:00:51 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
924 * mke2fs.c (PRS): Use malloc() instead of alloca() --- alloca() is
925 not portable!! In any case putenv() in some systems must
926 take a static character array or malloc()'ed memory;
927 passing memory allocated using alloca() to putenv() is not
930 * chattr.c (chattr_dir_proc):
931 * lsattr.c (lsattr_dir_proc): Use malloc() instead of alloca() ---
932 alloca is not portable!
934 * fsck.c (fsck_device): If the filesystem type is specified by the
935 user using the -t option, let it override the type in
938 * fsck.c (strdup): Don't build strdup() if the system defines it.
940 Mon Jun 12 19:15:10 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@dcl)
942 * chattr.c, lsattr.c: Include <sys/types.h> for <dirent.h>'s
945 * The $(UPROGS) go in bin, not sbin.
947 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, fsck.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
948 tune2fs.c: Don't include <getopt.h> if it doesn't exist.
950 Mon Jun 12 16:36:04 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@dcl>
952 * badblocks.c, chattr.c, dumpe2fs.c, fsck.c, lsattr.c, mke2fs.c,
953 tune2fs.c: Only include getopt.h if HAVE_GETOPT_H is defined.
955 Sat Jun 10 23:37:09 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@lurch.mit.edu>
957 * chattr.c: Include errno.h, since we use errno
959 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If HAVE_MNTENT_H is not defined,
960 explicitly initialize filesys_info to be NULL.
962 * mke2fs.c: Include the stdio.h and errno.h header files
964 Thu Jun 8 13:25:23 1995 Miles Bader <miles@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
966 * mke2fs.c: Only include <linux/fs.h> if we can.
967 (get_size): Don't try to use the BLKGETSIZE ioctl unless it's defined.
968 (check_mount): Only check to see if the device is mounted if
969 HAVE_MNTENT_H is defined (by configure).
971 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): Only try to get info about filesystems if
972 HAVE_MNTENT_H is defined (by configure).
973 (main): Allocate space for a new fsck_path instead of append to a
974 statically sized buffer.
975 (PRS): Use alloca to allocate the new path string, instead of
976 having a fixed size buffer (which was the wrong size anyway).
978 * chattr.c (chattr_dir_proc): Use alloca to allocate space for a
979 filename instead of using a fixed-size buffer.
980 * lsattr.c (lsattr_dir_proc): Ditto.
981 * mklost+fond.c (main): Calculate the actual needed size for the
982 path buffer instead of using MAXPATHLEN (which not all systems have).
984 * badblocks.c: Only include linux include files if we have them.
985 (flush_bufs): New function to flush a block device, optionally
986 syncing it first. This replaces other copies of this code.
987 (test_ro): Replace calls to ioctl with flush_bufs().
990 * Makefile.in: Rewritten to conform to GNU coding standards and
991 support separate compilation directories.
993 Sat Mar 11 10:59:58 1995 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@localhost>
995 * mke2fs.c (main, zap_bootblock): Added new function
996 zap_bootblock() which clears the first 512 bytes of the
997 filesystem. This protects the filesystem from being
998 misidentified as a MS-DOS FAT filesystem.
1000 * badblocks.c (alarm_intr, test_ro, test_rw): Increase the space
1001 allocated for printing the block numbers, so that the
1002 display doesn't get corrupted when running badblocks on a
1003 very large partition.
1005 * badblocks.c (do_test, test_ro, test_rw): Added missing cast to
1006 ext2_loff_t, so that when checking a large device,
1007 spurious seek errors aren't reported.
1009 * mke2fs.c (count_blocks): Declare mid to be of type ext2_loff_t
1010 instead of type int, so that it works for filesystems
1011 greater than 2 GB. (Fortunately count_blocks is only
1012 called if the device does not support the BLKGETSIZE
1013 ioctl, which most do.)
1015 * fsck.c (ignore): Add check to ignore filesystems with a pass
1016 number of zero. (This check was accidentally deleted at
1017 during 0.5b development.)
1019 Sat Dec 31 00:47:16 1994 <tytso@rsx-11.mit.edu>
1021 * mke2fs.c (new_table_block, alloc_tables, PRS, main): Add a new
1022 option, -S, which only writes the superblock and group
1023 descriptors. Useful for recovering when all of the
1024 superblocks are corrupted somehow (as a last ditch
1027 Also, don't bother initializing the bitmap blocks in
1028 alloc_tables(), since they will be overwritten at the end
1029 anyway. (Should speed up mke2fs by a little.)
1031 Tue Dec 6 02:20:55 1994 <tytso@rsx-11.mit.edu>
1033 * fsck.c (main): Fix stupid typo where a null inst would be freed.
1035 * fsck.c (wait_one): Check WIFEXITED on status before trying to
1036 extract the exit status. In other cases, return
1037 FSCK_ERROR if the back end processor exited with a signal.
1039 Tue Nov 15 10:20:00 1994 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1041 * tune2fs.c (main): Fixed a bug which prevented the use of the
1043 Added the `w' (week) suffix recognition in the check interval.
1045 Sun Nov 13 15:58:48 1994 (tytso@rsx-11)
1047 * fsck.c (load_fs_info): If the user has an obviously old
1048 /etc/fstab file, issue a warning message and assume that
1049 all partitions should be checked.
1051 Sat Nov 12 00:33:18 1994 (tytso@rsx-11)
1053 * dumpe2fs.c (list_desc): Update to new inode and block bitmap
1056 * mke2fs.c (create_root_dir): Create the root directory owned by
1059 Mon Nov 7 22:04:37 1994 Remy Card <card@bbj>
1061 * tune2fs.c (main.c): Added support for new options:
1062 -r reserved_blocks_count, -g reserved_gid, -u reserved_uid.
1064 Sun Aug 21 00:57:33 1994 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@rt-11)
1066 * fsck.c (ignore): If the pass number is 0, ignore the filesystem.
1068 Wed Aug 17 21:55:03 1994 Remy Card (card@bbj)
1070 * badblocks.c (test_rw): Added verbose output like in the
1073 (do_test and test_rw): Use the llseek system call if available.
1075 * chattr.c: Added support for new attributes.
1077 * lsattr.c: Added support for long format.
1079 * mke2fs.c (usage): Fixed bogus usage message.
1081 (valid_offset): Use the llseek system call if available.
1083 Wed Aug 17 10:50:57 1994 Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@rt-11)
1085 * mke2fs.c (handle_bad_blocks): Check to see if a bad block is
1086 where a backup superblock/group descriptor is stored. If so,
1087 print a warning message and adjust the superblock counts so that
1088 they are correct. (Otherwise, the bad block will get counted
1089 twice and the # of free blocks count will be wrong.)
1091 (alloc_tables): Removed code which calcualated the free block
1092 statistics, which was moved to lib/ext2fs/initialize.c. This
1093 allows the bad block code to adjust the group descriptor
1094 statistics if necessary.