Bug#268482: Please include reiser4 fs support

[Hans Reiser]

Robert Millan wrote:

>Sorry for the late response...
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>On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:39:39PM -0700, Michael Babcock wrote:
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>>package: grub
>>version: 0.95+cvs20040624-8
>>severity: wishlist
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>>Please include reiser4 fs support in grub.
>>Path is at
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>>ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/grub/
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>I have a few questions:
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>  - According to fsys_reiser4.c, Hans Reiser has the copyright on this patch.
>    Hans, did you assign copyright to the FSF in order to merge it upstream?
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No, I did not. Actually, I have not even read the patch.;-) Someone send 
me a copy please.

>  - Older reiserfs is identified as "reiserfs" whereas the new one if
>    "reiser4".  Any particular reason for the inconsistency?
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Users said they knew it was an FS. Probably we should change reiserfs to 
reiser3, and keep reiserfs working for backward compatibility only. Hmmm.

>  - The patch modifies stage2/ufs2.h, which has nothing to do with reiserfs.
>    Your changes to ufs2.h look like portability improvements.  Is that it?
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Vitaly?