Re: Bug in new vfat code

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:12:08 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Trever Adams wrote:

> Well, I hate to say this but I think the new inode code IS causing
> problems with applications.
>
> Case in point: Bash with tab autocomplete. It works on ext2 file
> systems still but has stopped working on any form of msdos partitions
> that I have (vfat and fat32).
>
> I am afraid I cannot be more specific. I believe this is caused by the
> change to 'random' inode numbering for fat as it started showing up with
> either 2.2.0 or 2.2.1

... which didn't happen yet. I have the code in question, but I didn't
submit it yet and AFAICS nobody else did.

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