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| (Note: I consider version numbers as cheap. That means
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| that I do not like numbers like 0.1 and the like for
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| things that can be used since quite some time. But
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| then, 3.1 doesn't mean 'perfectly stable', too.)
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| 
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| Known bugs:
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Doesn't work on the alpha. The only 64/32-bit
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|   problem that I'm aware of (pointer/int conversion
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|   in readdir()) gives compiler warnings but is
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|   apparently not causing the failure, as directory
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|   reads basically work (but all files are of size 0).
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|   Alas, I've got no alpha to debug. :-(
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| 
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| - The partition checker (drivers/block/genhd.c)
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|   doesn't work with devices which have 256 byte
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|   blocks (some very old SCSI drives). 
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| 
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| - The feature to automatically make the fs clean
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|   might leave a trashed file system with the
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|   bitmap flag set valid.
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| 
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| - When a file is truncated to a size that is not
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|   a multiple of the blocksize, the rest of the
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|   last allocated block is not cleared. Well,
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|   this fs never claimed to be Posix conformant.
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| 
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| Please direct bug reports to: zippel@linux-m68k.org
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| 
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| Version 3.20
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| ------------
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| - kill kernel lock
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| - fix for a possible bitmap corruption
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| 
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| Version 3.19
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| ------------
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| 
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| - sizeof changes from Kernel Janitor Project
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| - several bug fixes found with fsx
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| 
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| Version 3.18
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| ------------
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| 
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| - change to global min macro + warning fixes
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| - add module tags
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| 
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| Version 3.17
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| ------------
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| 
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| - locking fixes
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| - wrong sign in __affs_hash_dentry
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| - remove unnecessary check in affs_new_inode
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| - enable international mode for dircache fs
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| 
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| Version 3.16
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| ------------
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| 
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| - use mark_buffer_dirty_inode instead of mark_buffer_dirty.
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| - introduce affs_lock_{link|dir|ext}.
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| 
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| Version 3.15
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| ------------
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| 
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| - disable link to directories until we can properly support them.
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| - locking fixes for link creation/removal.
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| 
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| Version 3.14
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| ------------
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| 
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| - correctly cut off long file names for compares
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| - correctly initialize s_last_bmap
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| 
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| Version 3.13
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| ------------
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| 
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| Major cleanup for 2.4 [Roman Zippel]
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| - new extended block handling
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| - new bitmap allocation functions
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| - locking should be safe for the future
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| - cleanup of some interfaces
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| 
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| Version 3.12
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| ------------
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| 
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| more 2.4 fixes: [Roman Zippel]
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| - s_lock changes
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| - increased getblock mess
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| - clear meta blocks 
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| 
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| Version 3.11
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| ------------
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| 
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| - Converted to use 2.3.x page cache [Dave Jones <dave@powertweak.com>]
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| - Corruption in truncate() bugfix [Ken Tyler <kent@werple.net.au>]
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| 
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| Version 3.10
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| ------------
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| 
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| - Changed partition checker to allow devices
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|   with physical blocks != 512 bytes.
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| 
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| - The partition checker now also ignores the
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|   word at 0xd0 that Windows likes to write to.
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| 
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| Version 3.9
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Moved cleanup from release_file() to put_inode().
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|   This makes the first one obsolete.
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| 
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| - truncate() zeroes the unused remainder of a
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|   partially used last block when a file is truncated.
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|   It also marks the inode dirty now (which is not
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|   really necessary as notify_change() will do
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|   it anyway).
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| 
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| - Added a few comments, fixed some typos (and
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|   introduced some new ones), made the debug messages
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|   more consistent. Changed a bad example in the
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|   doc file (affs.txt).
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| 
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| - Sets the NOEXEC flag in read_super() for old file
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|   systems, since you can't run programs on them.
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| 
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| Version 3.8
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| -----------
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| Bill Hawes kindly reviewed the affs and sent me the
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| patches he did. They're marked (BH). Thanks, Bill!
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| 
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| - Cleanup of error handling in read_super().
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|   Didn't release all resources in case of an
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|   error. (BH)
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| 
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| - put_inode() releases the ext cache only if it's
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|   no longer needed. (BH)
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| 
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| - One set of dentry callbacks is enough. (BH)
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| 
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| - Cleanup of error handling in namei.c. (BH)
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| 
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| - Cleanup of error handling in file.c. (BH)
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| 
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| - The original blocksize of the device is
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|   restored when the fs is unmounted. (BH)
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| 
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| - getblock() did not invalidate the key cache
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|   when it allocated a new block.
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| 
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| - Removed some unnecessary locks as Bill
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|   suggested.
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| 
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| - Simplified match_name(), changed all hashing
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|   and case insensitive name comparisons to use
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|   uppercase. This makes the tolower() routines
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|   obsolete.
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| 
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| - Added mount option 'mufs' to force muFS
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|   uid/gid interpretation.
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| 
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| - File mode changes were not updated on disk.
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|   This was fixed before, but somehow got lost.
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| 
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| Version 3.7
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Added dentry callbacks to allow the dcache to
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|   operate case insensitive and length ignorant
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|   like the affs itself.
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| 
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| - getblock() didn't update the lastblock field in the
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|   inode if the fs was not an OFS. This bug only shows
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|   up if a file was enlarged via truncate() and there
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|   was not enough space.
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| 
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| - Remove some more superfluous code left over from
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|   the old link days ...
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| 
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| - Fixed some oversights which were in patch 2.1.78.
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| 
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| - Fixed a few typos.
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| 
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| Version 3.6
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| -----------
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| 
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| - dentry changes. (Thanks to Jes Sorensen for his help.)
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| 
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| - Fixed bug in balloc(): Superblock was not set dirty after
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|   the bitmap was changed, so the bitmap wasn't sync'd.
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| 
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| - Fixed nasty bug in find_new_zone(): If the current
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|   zone number was zero, the loop didn't terminate,
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|   causing a solid lock-up.
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| 
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| - Removed support for old-style directory reads.
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| 
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| - Fixed bug in add_entry(): When doing a sorted insert,
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|   the pointer to the next entry in the hash chain wasn't
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|   correctly byte-swapped. Since most of the users of the
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|   affs use it on a 68k, they didn't notice. But why did
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|   I not find this during my tests?
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| 
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| - Fixed some oversights (version wasn't updated on some
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|   directory changes).
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| 
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| - Handling of hard links rewritten. To the VFS
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|   they appear now as normal Unix links. They are
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|   now resolved only once in lookup(). The backside
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|   is that unlink(), rename() and rmdir() have to
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|   be smart about them, but the result is worth the
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|   effort. This also led to some code cleanup.
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| 
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| - Changed name type to unsigned char; the test for
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|   invalid filenames didn't work correctly.
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|   (Thanks to Michael Krause for pointing at this.)
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| 
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| - Changed mapping of executable flag.
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| 
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| - Changed all network byte-order macros to the
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|   recommended ones.
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| 
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| - Added a remount function, so attempts to remount
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|   a dircache filesystem or one with errors read/write
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|   can be trapped. Previously, ro remounts didn't
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|   flush the super block, and rw remounts didn't
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|   create allocation zones ...
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| 
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| - Call shrink_dcache_parent() in rmdir().
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|   (Thanks to Bill Hawes.)
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| 
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| - Permission checks in unlink().
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| 
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| - Allow mounting of volumes with superfluous
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|   bitmap pointers read only, also allows them
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|   to be remounted read/write.
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| 
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| - Owner/Group defaults now to the fs user (i.e.
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|   the one that mounted it) instead of root. This
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|   obsoletes the mount options uid and gid.
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| 
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| - Argument to volume option could overflow the
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|   name buffer. It is now silently truncated to
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|   30 characters. (Damn it! This kind of bug
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|   is too embarrassing.)
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| 
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| - Split inode.c into 2 files, the superblock
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|   routines desperately wanted their own file.
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| 
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| - truncate() didn't allocate an extension block
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|   cache. If a file was extended by means of
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|   truncate(), this led to an Oops.
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| 
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| - fsuser is now checked last.
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| 
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| - rename() will not ignore changes in filename
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|   casing any more (though mv(1) still won't allow
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|   you to do "mv oldname OldName").
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| 
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| Version 3.5
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Extension block caches are now allocated on
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|   demand instead of when a file is opened, as
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|   files can be read and written without opening
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|   them (e. g. the loopback device does this).
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| 
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| - Removed an unused function.
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| 
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| Version 3.4
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Hash chains are now sorted by block numbers.
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|   (Thanks to Kars de Jong for finding this.)
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| - Removed all unnecessary external symbols.
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| 
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| Version 3.3
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Tried to make all types 'correct' and consistent.
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| - Errors and warnings are now reported via a
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|   function. They are all prefixed by a severity
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|   and have the same appearance:
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|     "AFFS: <function>: <error message>"
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|   (There's one exception to this, as in that function
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|   is no pointer to the super block available.)
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| - The filesystem is remounted read-only after an
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|   error.
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| - The names of newly created filesystem objects are
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|   now checked for validity.
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| - Minor cleanups in comments.
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| - Added this Changes file. At last!
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| 
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| Version 3.2
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Extension block cache: Reading/writing of huge files
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|   (several MB) is much faster (of course the added
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|   overhead slows down opening, but this is hardly
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|   noticeable).
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| - The same get_block()-routine can now be used for
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|   both OFS and FFS.
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| - The super block is now searched in the block that
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|   was calculated and in the one following. This
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|   should remedy the round-off error introduced by
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|   the 1-k blocks that Linux uses.
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| - Minor changes to adhere to the new VFS interface.
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| - The number of used blocks is now also calculated
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|   if the filesystem is mounted read-only.
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| - Prefixed some constants with AFFS_ to avoid name
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|   clashes.
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| - Removed 'EXPERIMENTAL' status.
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| 
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| Version 3.1
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Fixed a nasty bug which didn't allow read-only
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|   mounts.
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| - Allow dir-cache filesystems to be mounted
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|   read only.
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| - OFS support.
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| - Several other changes I just cannot remember
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|   any more.
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| 
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| Version 3.0
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Almost complete rewrite for the new VFS
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|   interface in Linux 1.3.
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| - Write support.
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| - Support for hard and symbolic links.
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| - Lots of things I remember even less ...
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| 
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| Version 2.0
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| -----------
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| 
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| - Fixed a few things to get it compiled.
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| - Automatic root block calculation.
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| - Partition checker for genhd.c
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| 
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| ========================================
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| 
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| Let's just call Ray Burr's original affs
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| 'Version 1.0'.
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