Re: 2.6.20-mm1 - Oops using Minix 3 file system

[Cédric Augonnet]

2007/2/17, Cédric Augonnet <cedric.augonnet@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2007/2/17, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>:
> > Cédric Augonnet wrote:
>
> That is my all point actually, i am not telling i have a valid
> partition. I'm just describing the fact that the minix fs driver is
> making too many assumptions on the partition it is given. For sure
> there must be something nasty about this image, as you told this is
> the duty of the kernel not to mount such a partition if it is not a
> partition. Here I was only giving an example of the way we could trick
> the driver. This is as important as having the driver working
> correctly on valid partitions i suppose.


Eventually the problem got solved  by Andries Bouwer :
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=117176125510900&w=2

Now i can issue a df command on this partition or whatever it may be,
and i obtain a consistent result wiythout any oops.

Regards,
Cédric
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