linux-ext4 - e2fsprogs 1.42-WIP busted on big endian

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Date:	Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:29:25 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: e2fsprogs 1.42-WIP busted on big endian

This was noted in commit ccc7cf032852dd5c84b227bafb481b1d158e2b5e:


commit ccc7cf032852dd5c84b227bafb481b1d158e2b5e
Author: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Date:   Fri Jul 30 18:41:47 2010 -0400

    libext2fs: fix obvious big-endian bugs introduced by 64-bit changes
    
    These patches fix obvious bone-headed mistakes, so e2fsprogs will now
    build and mostly work on powerpc.  The m_meta_bg, u_mke2fs, and
    u_tune2fs tests are still failing, however, so there's still work to do...
    
    Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

but not fixed yet.  Just a heads up, when contemplating a 1.42 release.  I will try to find some time to look into it, but it's not a simple regression, something must have gone wrong in the bowls of 64-bitness.

-Eric
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