On 15 November 2017 at 13:47, Rodney W. Grimes <free...@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: >> Author: emaste >> Date: Wed Nov 15 18:40:40 2017 >> New Revision: 325860 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/325860 >> >> Log: >> newfs: warn if newer than kernel >> >> Creating a UFS filesystem with a newfs newer than the running kernel, >> and then mounting that filesystem, can lead to interesting failures. >> >> Add a safety belt to explicitly warn when newfs is newer than the >> running kernel. > > You should probably make the warning if (newer || older) as > either is likely to have interesting side effects, as are > mounting ufs file systems on different versions.
Why would an older newfs cause trouble? Forward compatibility should be fine. _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
