Re: [patch] Re: 2.2.0-pre2 fat_read_super: Bad fsinfo_offset

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:54:33 +0000 (GMT)

> Please Linus, just yank out that code until after 2.2.0! Preferably until
> after it's debugged, if ever, but at least until after 2.2.0 is out of the
> door.
>
> Patch to revert remove the code from 2.2.0pre3 is attached.

Unfortunately if you revert this patch I can't even mount my HFS partitioned
disks under 2.2pre. People will have similar problems with unformatted disks,
with Linux crashing on boot every boot with some corrupt partition tables.

So a 'correct' fix badly needs finding. But yes the current fix isnt

Alan

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