RAM and ext2

Malcolm malcolm.parsons at gmail.com
Sat Apr 7 17:07:19 CEST 2007


On 4/7/07, Stefan Sperling <stsp at stsp.in-berlin.de> wrote:

> I'd like to add support for ext2 to the RAM build somehow,
> so DSLinux can be used with 2GB SD cards without crashing. The
> "tab-completion -> crash" problem was apparently due to a bug
> in the msdos filesystem code, I have confirmed that it does not
> occur when ext2 is used instead.

This does not imply a bug in vfat.  It may be that vfat just exposes a bug
elsewhere.

I still suspect the supercard SD driver is to blame.

Why are you spending so much effort on a workaround for a bug?
Fix the bug first.

-- 
Malcolm Parsons



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