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On 23/01/18 17:35, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> Wonderful ... just finished a complete reload of Gentoo. Now have to |
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>> redo it again ... |
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>> ... the mistake? I used ext2/ext3 for the fs. |
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> Abandoning ext4 over retpolines/etc seems a bit drastic. My guess is |
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> that there is a bug in the latest kernel that will get fixed, or maybe |
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> a bug in gcc (which needs to be patched for spectre anyway). |
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Did you use the ext2/ext3 driver? I believe it's been abandoned? |
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The ext4 driver is compatible with 2/3 file systems, so as I understand |
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it all development effort goes into the ext4 driver, and any problems |
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with the older drivers is likely to be met with "upgrade your driver". |
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So if you were using that driver, it could be suffering bit-rot. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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