From 5570a65a2d4b373bf3b28483cbe8bb1127fc8e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 01:23:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] RELEASE-NOTES: Updated for WIP release. --- RELEASE-NOTES | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 02603fc..7f940f3 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,3 +1,57 @@ +E2fsprogs 1.20 (August 20, 2000 --- WORK IN PROGRESS) +===================================================== + +Add support for replaying the ext3 journal purely in user mode. Used +code contributed by Andreas Dilger, with bug fixes by Theodore Ts'o. + +E2fsck will now check for the existence of a linked list of orphan +inodes in the superblock, and clear those inodes before starting the +rest of the filesystem check (but after the journal playback). + +Fixed bug in the progress bar printing code which could cause e2fsck +to core dump on an illegal filesystem. + +Fsck using a UUID or a LABEL specifier will work even if devfs is +compiled into the kernel and not mounted. If the pathnames in +/proc/partitions are incorrect, fsck will search /dev for the correct +device (using the new ext2fs_find_block_device library function). +Fsck now also checks the RAID devices first so that they are properly +found when they are in use. + +The dumpe2fs program can now print out the group description +information in hex, and also prints the location of the superblock and +block group descriptor for those block groups that have them. + +Mke2fs now clears the ext2 superblock before it starts creating a +filesystem, so that the superblock magic number is only written if the +filesystem creation process successfully completes. + +The debugfs program's stat command now pretty-prints the blocks used +by an inode so that it's more compact and informative. + +The debugfs stats command now uses the same libe2p code (which is used +by dumpe2fs) to print the superblock header information. This is more +complete, and it avoids a bit of code duplication. + +Added a new debugfs command, set_super_value (ssv) which allows the +user to set arbitrary superblock fields. + + +Programmer's notes: +------------------- + +The e2fsck message printer now supports %Iu and %Ig, which will print +out the inode's user and group owners, respectively. + +Added a new function to libext2, ext2fs_find_block_device(), which +searches the system (i.e., /dev, /devfs, /devices) for a pathname to a +device given its device number. + +Added new utility programs in tests/progs: random_exercise and +hold_inode. They aren't built by default; they're useful for +exercising ext3 filesystem code. + + E2fsprogs 1.19 (July 13, 2000) ============================== -- 1.8.3.1