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Message-ID: <18011.39033.841231.377192@notabene.brown>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:05:29 +1000
From: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@...osome.natur.cuni.cz>,
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ext3-users@...hat.com
Subject: Re: fs periodic check (was Re: 2.6.22-rc1 killed my ext3 filesystem cleanly unmounted)
On Monday May 28, tytso@....edu wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 05:39:11PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Right. Could we get more helpful message here? 'Filesystem check on
> > next boot on AC power'?
>
> So "(check deferred; on battery)" wasn't explicit enough? I guess I
> assumed that users would understand that the opposite of "on battery"
> was "on AC power". I guess I could say "(check defferred 'til on AC
> power)" if people think it would be clearer.
>
So when I use my travelling power adapter which I plug into the 12V-DC
power in my car, and it delivers DC power to my notebook.....
My note book tells me that I am using AC power....
I really think "AC" as the opposite of "battery" is wrong and should
be stamped out everywhere, certainly not introduced here.
"external power" maybe?
Check deferred until system is externally powered.
NeilBrown
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