Subject: Re: Testers needed: possible problem in "filecore" filesystem
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Steve Hobbs <ee95seh@brunel.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/08/1999 14:33:57
On 7 Apr 1999, Matthias Scheler wrote:

> could someone with an Arcon Risc PC - I "only" got a DNARD - please do
> a quick test on a "filecore" filesystem? It should look like this:
> 
> The "ls" should hang forever, youl will probably have to reboot at that
> point. Afterwards compile a kernel with fix applied to NetBSD-current's
> "src/sys/filecorefs/filecore_lookup.c":

Hi,

I have not got kernel sources yet, but will try it as soon as I get the
time...
I have had a couple of problems with filecore <-> netbsd translations, in
that trying to unzip a .tar.gz file from my filecore partition to a ffs
partition hung completely, with no messages or errors.
Didn't damage the disk, so I ignored it...

Also, has anybody else noticed problems copying from unixfs mounted ffs
partitions onto filecore? My machine seems to drop the odd byte here and
there, usually replacing them with garbage. Not a huge problem with
textfiles, but with binary files???

Cheers,

Steve Hobbs.