RE: [ext2resize] error in latest online-ext3 patch

[Poul P. <pe...@ro...>]

> > I would like to see this all progress past "alpha" (where it's at
> > currently).  What is stopping it?  Just lack of adoption?  Is nobody
> > interested in expanding ext3 filesystems online?  Has the 
> availability
> > of this patch been announced on ext3-users and linux-lvm?  
> Perhaps we
> > can get some adopters there?
> 
> Well, one issue is lack of testing, and the other is lack of time on
> my part to finish the tools.  We are really into crunch time with the
> Lustre development/deployment over the next couple of weeks.
> 
> No, it hasn't been announced, as I don't have the confidence in it yet
> that it even "mostly" works.  If you could give it a few test runs and
> say it is OK for basic functionality, then I should probably announce
> it on ext3-users, ext2-devel, lvm-devel, etc.

	I am *very* interested in the ability to resize ext3 volumes online,
and I have some hardware available to do testing. I recently got a hold of
the 2.4.18 patch and will be happy to report back any successes or failures.


-poul