Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:56:36 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-list] [PATCH/URL] Endian Safe ReiserFS |
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Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> I've just completed my port of ReiserFS to be endian safe. The patch > has been tested successfully on x86 (UP/SMP), ppc (UP/SMP), and > UltraSparc (UP). I've received reports that it also works successfully > on mips (UP). > > The patch preserves the little-endian disk format, so a disk can be > moved across architectures. The on-disk format has not been altered, so > the code can be patched in without disruption to users with existing > reiserfs filesystems (like myself :)). There are no VFS changes. > > Due to the patches affecting all of ReiserFS, the patch is quite > large (180K), and so in the interests of preserving bandwidth for > everyone, I've decided to post a URL to the patch instead. > > The patch can be found at: > http://penguinppc.org/~jeffm/releases/endian-safe-reiserfs-for-2.4.4-pre7.final.bz2 > > More information, including the endian safe utiltities, can be found > at http://penguinppc.org/~jeffm. > > -Jeff
You might consider sending the patch to the maintainer of ReiserFS.
Hans
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