Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-29 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:18:41AM +0200, Martin von Loewis wrote: > > > Anyone know about 3.1? > > > > > > > It's an HPFS variant. > > No. NT was using NTFS right from the start. > > Regards, > Martin No. They were not. Their first cuts of NT used an HPFS variant until NTFS could be

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-29 Thread Martin von Loewis
> > Anyone know about 3.1? > > > > It's an HPFS variant. No. NT was using NTFS right from the start. Regards, Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-29 Thread Martin von Loewis
Anyone know about 3.1? It's an HPFS variant. No. NT was using NTFS right from the start. Regards, Martin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-29 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:18:41AM +0200, Martin von Loewis wrote: Anyone know about 3.1? It's an HPFS variant. No. NT was using NTFS right from the start. Regards, Martin No. They were not. Their first cuts of NT used an HPFS variant until NTFS could be completed. The guy

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:49:28PM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > At 14:08 28/05/2001, Yuri Per wrote: > >Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > > > >>Does anyone know what NTFS version the NT 3.1 / 3.51 volumes had? If I > >>know I can make sure we don't mount such beasts considering we know the >

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 14:08 28/05/2001, Yuri Per wrote: >Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > >>Does anyone know what NTFS version the NT 3.1 / 3.51 volumes had? If I >>know I can make sure we don't mount such beasts considering we know the >>driver would fail on them... - I am aware of only one person stil using >>NT

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Yuri Per
Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > Does anyone know what NTFS version the NT 3.1 / 3.51 volumes had? If I > know I can make sure we don't mount such beasts considering we know > the driver would fail on them... - I am aware of only one person stil > using NT 3.51 and he doesn't believe in the

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 12:10 28/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: > > >That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends > > >(i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a > > >solution for that as well. > > > > > Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Martin von Loewis
> >That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends > >(i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a > >solution for that as well. > > > Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts of runlist > stored in different FILE records

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Martin von Loewis
That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends (i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a solution for that as well. Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts of runlist stored in different FILE records independently and

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 12:10 28/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends (i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a solution for that as well. Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts of runlist

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 14:08 28/05/2001, Yuri Per wrote: Anton Altaparmakov wrote: Does anyone know what NTFS version the NT 3.1 / 3.51 volumes had? If I know I can make sure we don't mount such beasts considering we know the driver would fail on them... - I am aware of only one person stil using NT 3.51 and

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-28 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:49:28PM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: At 14:08 28/05/2001, Yuri Per wrote: Anton Altaparmakov wrote: Does anyone know what NTFS version the NT 3.1 / 3.51 volumes had? If I know I can make sure we don't mount such beasts considering we know the driver would

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Yuri Per
Martin von Loewis wrote: >That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends >(i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a >solution for that as well. > Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts of runlist stored in different FILE

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 13:53 27/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: > > Yes and no. They will be uncompressed but not when opening the inode. It > > will be "uncompress required extent's run list on demand". > >Are you sure this can work? No. >Initially, I thought I could use the attribute list to only uncompress

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Martin von Loewis
> Yes and no. They will be uncompressed but not when opening the inode. It > will be "uncompress required extent's run list on demand". Are you sure this can work? Initially, I thought I could use the attribute list to only uncompress the extend that has the VCN I'm interested in. That would

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 12:23 27/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: > > I would love to move inode metadata to the page cache. That would simplify > > so much in the NTFS driver and would result in an incredible speed boost > > due to getting rid of all the silly copying of data back and forth inside > > the driver as

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available(1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Martin von Loewis
> I would love to move inode metadata to the page cache. That would simplify > so much in the NTFS driver and would result in an incredible speed boost > due to getting rid of all the silly copying of data back and forth inside > the driver as we could just pass pointers around instead (to

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available(1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Martin von Loewis
I would love to move inode metadata to the page cache. That would simplify so much in the NTFS driver and would result in an incredible speed boost due to getting rid of all the silly copying of data back and forth inside the driver as we could just pass pointers around instead (to locked

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 12:23 27/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: I would love to move inode metadata to the page cache. That would simplify so much in the NTFS driver and would result in an incredible speed boost due to getting rid of all the silly copying of data back and forth inside the driver as we

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Martin von Loewis
Yes and no. They will be uncompressed but not when opening the inode. It will be uncompress required extent's run list on demand. Are you sure this can work? Initially, I thought I could use the attribute list to only uncompress the extend that has the VCN I'm interested in. That would not

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 13:53 27/05/2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: Yes and no. They will be uncompressed but not when opening the inode. It will be uncompress required extent's run list on demand. Are you sure this can work? No. Initially, I thought I could use the attribute list to only uncompress the extend

Re: [Linux-ntfs] Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-27 Thread Yuri Per
Martin von Loewis wrote: That would not work: NT would split individual runs across extends (i.e. split them in the middle). Did I misunderstand, or do you have a solution for that as well. Are you sure that it's true? My NTFS resizer interprets parts of runlist stored in different FILE

Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 00:59 26/05/2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: >Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > > NTFS 1.1.15 - ChangeLog > > === > > - Support for more than 128kiB sized runlists (using vmalloc_32() instead > > of kmalloc()). > >If you are running into kmalloc size limit, please consider some

Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > NTFS 1.1.15 - ChangeLog > === > - Support for more than 128kiB sized runlists (using vmalloc_32() instead > of kmalloc()). If you are running into kmalloc size limit, please consider some alternative method of allocation. Can you map it into the

ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
Announcing a new NTFS patch (1.1.15). It is generated against kernel 2.4.4-ac16 but also applies cleanly to -ac17. Quite probably it will apply fine to any 2.4.4 kernel (at least 2.4.4-pre5 I think). How to get the patch - Wait for one of the next -ac series kernel

ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
Announcing a new NTFS patch (1.1.15). It is generated against kernel 2.4.4-ac16 but also applies cleanly to -ac17. Quite probably it will apply fine to any 2.4.4 kernel (at least 2.4.4-pre5 I think). How to get the patch - Wait for one of the next -ac series kernel

Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Anton Altaparmakov wrote: NTFS 1.1.15 - ChangeLog === - Support for more than 128kiB sized runlists (using vmalloc_32() instead of kmalloc()). If you are running into kmalloc size limit, please consider some alternative method of allocation. Can you map it into the page

Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Re: ANN: NTFS new release available (1.1.15)

2001-05-25 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
At 00:59 26/05/2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: Anton Altaparmakov wrote: NTFS 1.1.15 - ChangeLog === - Support for more than 128kiB sized runlists (using vmalloc_32() instead of kmalloc()). If you are running into kmalloc size limit, please consider some alternative method