Bug#268482: Please include reiser4 fs support

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:00:25PM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
> >On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:39:39PM -0700, Michael Babcock wrote:
> >>Please include reiser4 fs support in grub.
> >>Path is at
> >>
> >>ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/grub/
> >
> >I have a few questions:
> >
> > - 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?
> > 
> No, I did not. Actually, I have not even read the patch.;-) Someone send 
> me a copy please.

It's hosted at namesys, see the URL quoteed above.  Perhaps fsys_reiser4.c is
a derivative from another file you wrote?

In any case, fsys_reiser4.c copyright header claims you wrote it, so please
have a look to clarify.  If you did wrote it, I can only commit it to GRUB
CVS if you assign copyright to the FSF (provided that Okuji doesn't object).

Btw,  GRUB is being replaced by GRUB 2.  It'd be interesting to have reiserfs
(3 and 4) support in GRUB 2 too.  ;)

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

Ah.. well, if you choose to use that name and use it officialy in other places
like Linux or fsck/mkfs, I think that's ok.

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