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Bug#635291: marked as done ([linux-2.6] CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set, makes debootstrap from Linux to kFreeBSD difficult.)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #635291,
regarding [linux-2.6] CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set, makes debootstrap from Linux to kFreeBSD difficult.
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Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-35
Severity: minor

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UFS is now supported in Debian GNU/Linux only in read only mode. I'm aware of http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ and note, that it's "likely to cause panics" (how old is this information?), but it looks as stable in kernel.
There are only 3 filesystems that are "common" to Linux and kFreeBSD kernel. ZFS (creation not possible from Debian GNU/Linux), UFS (read only in Linux) and ext2 (obsolete, lack of features), so it makes debootstrap from Linux to kFreeBSD difficult: it looks like first one must to debootstrap to ext2, then reboot to this temporary system, create UFS/ZFS and debootstrap once again.
Can you please consider enabling CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE? If someone don't want to risk panic, always can mount UFS filesystem as RO, but current situation takes the choice away.
CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set not only in 2.6.32-35, but also in 2.6.38-bpo.2-686 (that's clear) and 2.6.39 from unstable. 

Regards,
rozie

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 07:48:51PM +0200, Paweł Różański wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-35
> Severity: minor
>
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> UFS is now supported in Debian GNU/Linux only in read only mode. I'm  
> aware of http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ and note, that  
> it's "likely to cause panics" (how old is this information?), but it  
> looks as stable in kernel.
>
> There are only 3 filesystems that are "common" to Linux and kFreeBSD  
> kernel. ZFS (creation not possible from Debian GNU/Linux), UFS (read  
> only in Linux) and ext2 (obsolete, lack of features), so it makes  
> debootstrap from Linux to kFreeBSD difficult: it looks like first one  
> must to debootstrap to ext2, then reboot to this temporary system,  
> create UFS/ZFS and debootstrap once again.
>
> Can you please consider enabling CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE? If someone don't  
> want to risk panic, always can mount UFS filesystem as RO, but current  
> situation takes the choice away.
>
> CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set not only in 2.6.32-35, but also in  
> 2.6.38-bpo.2-686 (that's clear) and 2.6.39 from unstable.

UFS_FS_WRITE is still marked as unsafe in current kernels:

| config UFS_FS_WRITE
|        bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
|        depends on UFS_FS
|        help
|          Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
|          experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.

Unless upstream considers it safe enough we won't activate it. Closing the bug.

Cheers,
        Moritz

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