On 01/23/2018 11:59 AM, Wol's lists wrote: > On 23/01/18 17:35, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> Wonderful ... just finished a complete reload of Gentoo. Now have to >>> redo it again ... >>> ... the mistake? I used ext2/ext3 for the fs. >>> >> Abandoning ext4 over retpolines/etc seems a bit drastic. My guess is >> that there is a bug in the latest kernel that will get fixed, or maybe >> a bug in gcc (which needs to be patched for spectre anyway). > > Did you use the ext2/ext3 driver? I believe it's been abandoned? > > The ext4 driver is compatible with 2/3 file systems, so as I > understand it all development effort goes into the ext4 driver, and > any problems with the older drivers is likely to be met with "upgrade > your driver". > > So if you were using that driver, it could be suffering bit-rot. > > Cheers, > Wol > Sometime back the kernel devs decided to 'remove' the ext2 / ext3 fs drivers. The ext2 / ext3 fs drivers are NOT available. Any choice of ext2 / ext3 forces the use of the ext4 fs driver. If I could use the real ext2 / ext3 fs drivers ... ... I would in the blink of an eye.
ext2 / ext3 are the definition of 'stable' file systems. ext4 .... unstable, still in development, prone to breakage. Corbin
