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Re: [MiNT] ext2fs maintanance



Hello!

> I've had a brief look into the Linux 2.4.18 kernel and FreeMiNT source of
> the ext2fs driver implementation. I would like to ask how would theese
> sources be maintained and upgreaded in the future (possible important
> patches). The differences in the sources there are quite large even now. I
> was thinking about ext3 port. But I would rather stick to not to change
> the originals from the Linux kernel package than to rename e.g. each
> cpu2lexxx conversion routines and such... Can someone comment this?

The ext2 xfs driver is not a port of the Linux ext2 driver. It's more or
less a complete rewrite for the FreeMiNT kernel. The differences are too
big. Some parts are for sure reused from the Linux sources, but they also
needed lot of modifications.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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