tech-kern archive

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]

Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility

To: Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:08:35 -0400

Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> We may also want another option, call it [5], where in we teach NetBSD-4 
> (and NetBSD-3?) fsck enough about WAPBL to know they shouldn't touch it.
> Obviously if we change the magic #, this doesn't matter.

Changing the magic number seems safest.

-- 
Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost

References:
- WAPBL and backwards compatibility
  - From: Simon Burge
- Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
  - From: Alan Barrett
- Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
  - From: Perry E. Metzger
- Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
  - From: Bill Stouder-Studenmund

Prev by Date: Re: rfc: POSIX conformance
Next by Date: Re: rfc: POSIX conformance
Previous by Thread: Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
Next by Thread: Re: WAPBL and backwards compatibility
Indexes:

Home | Main Index | Thread Index | Old Index