Hello! None from me, this week. Especially since we need to move GRUB2 to the point that it is fully ready to take things over, with regards to Debian and related distributions. -- Gregg C Levine hansolofal...@worldnet.att.net "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
> -----Original Message----- > From: grub-devel-bounces+hansolofalcon=worldnet.att....@gnu.org [mailto:grub-devel- > bounces+hansolofalcon=worldnet.att....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Felix Zielcke > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:55 PM > To: The development of GRUB 2 > Subject: [Fwd: Re: Bug#520286: ext2 module fails to recognize ext4 files with extents on > big endian] > > Any objection that I commit his patch? > > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Michel DC$nzer <daen...@debian.org> > An: Felix Zielcke <fziel...@z-51.de> > Kopie: 520...@bugs.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Bug#520286: ext2 module fails to recognize ext4 files with > extents on big endian > Datum: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:41:47 +0100 > > On Mit, 2009-03-18 at 18:26 +0100, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 18.03.2009, 18:00 +0100 schrieb Michel DC$nzer: > > > > > The function grub_ext2_read_block() doesn't take endianness into account > > > when checking the inode flags for EXT4_EXTENTS_FLAG, so the check doesn't > > > work properly on big endian. The attached patch fixes this, it was necessary > > > for loading and booting a Linux kernel from an ext4 filesystem on my PowerBook. > > > > Hi, > > > > it would be nice if you could write a ChangeLog entry for this and send > > your patch directly upstream to grub-devel@gnu.org, though you need to > > subscribe first. > > Last time I tried this wasn't too pleasant an experience for me I'm > afraid (as a result I filed #516458, which was fixed with a different > patch, for which I thanked the author personally). The attached includes > a ChangeLog entry, but I'd appreciate if you or someone else could take > care of getting it integrated upstream. > > Thanks, > > > -- > Felix Zielcke _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
