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Date:	Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:27:59 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: e2fsprogs 1.42-WIP busted on big endian

On 11/8/11 2:28 PM, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 10:29:25AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Um, thanks for reminding me!  I'll try to schedule time to look at
> them later in this week, but if you get a chance ahead of me, let me
> know if you make any progress.

Sent a patch, 

[PATCH] libext2: advance group in ext2fs_open2 during swapping

 - let me know what you think.

-Eric
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