Ext3 users - Aug 2001 - ext3fs for 2.4.5

Hi,

    I have ext3 installed against the 2.2.19 kernel. I am able to make
the ext3 file system and mount it.

    I am not able to install the ext3fs for kernel-2.4.5 . I am unable
to add the ext3 patch to the kernel. In the directory
~andrewm/linux/ext3/,
which is the patch for 2.4.5 kernel.
( I can only see the patches for 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 ).

    Also, is there any prescribed pattern for installing the ext3fs on
2.4.5 kernel. If so, please mention. Does 2.4.5 kernel require any other
patches
added before ext3 patch is added ?? If so, please mention them along
with the links
where i can get them.

Thanks,
Sridhar

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:58:14AM +0530, Sridhar Chigurupati
wrote:
> 
>     I have ext3 installed against the 2.2.19 kernel. I am able to make
> the ext3 file system and mount it.
> 
>     I am not able to install the ext3fs for kernel-2.4.5 . I am unable
> to add the ext3 patch to the kernel. In the directory
> ~andrewm/linux/ext3/,
> which is the patch for 2.4.5 kernel.
When we update ext3 patches, we typically don't bother creating
versions for every single old version of the kernel.  You might want a
2.4.5 version, but somebody else might want it for 2.4.4, 2.4.2,
2.4.3-ac14, 2.5.6-aa2 or whatever.  It's obviously futile to attempt
to support all those old versions!

You are much better off just getting a recent kernel with a supported
ext3 patch.  The current 2.4.7-ac* series has ext3 integrated, for
example.

Cheers,
 Stephen