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Re: mkfs.xfs in xfsprogs-2.7.11 is broken on FreeBSD?

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Subject: Re: mkfs.xfs in xfsprogs-2.7.11 is broken on FreeBSD?
From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 16:21:19 -0400
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On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 12:29:51PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> any errors out of the newer mkfs?  Can you divide & conquer a bit to see
> when it stopped working?  What does the first 512 bytes of /dev/ad0s4 look
> like with the new code; maybe diff that hexdump against one from 2.6.25?
> What does the kernel say when you try to mount it?  Not sure what should
> have broken any of this...
>
> -Eric


mkfs.xfs does not report any errors.  I think it is
an endian problem as Nathan mentioned.
I am attaching two hexdumps one from xfsprogs-2.6.25 (good),
and the other from xfsprogs-2.7.11 (bad). 


On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 05:25:34AM +1000, Nathan Scott wrote:
> Russell mentioned there was an endianness issue in the current
> Freebsd specific headers (iirc) - I don't have a patch though;
> this is probably a symptom of that.

Which headers should I be looking at?


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Craig Rodrigues        
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