On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:13:42PM +0100, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > Scribit Michael Banck dies 02/08/2004 hora 15:02: > > I'd like to get some testers for a new installation method. It is > > based on Roland's ext2 xattr-hurd patches for Linux-2.6, which enables > > us to extract a base tarball with intact passive translators, thus not > > requiring native-install. > > I have two questions about this: > > - is this patch planned to be included in stock kernels?
Yes, but currently it does not apply anymore as ext2 got changed between 2.6.8 and 2.6.9 I think. Roland planned to revise the patch for the current kernel and then eventually submit it upstream, as I understand it. > - is it possible to add and configure translators from GNU/Linux (i.e. > are there utilities to do that) or the tarball must be created under > an already working Hurd system? You can set/get translators via setfattr/getfattr on GNU/Linux, though you can of course only make use of them on GNU/Hurd. I created the tarball from GNU/Linux using star, though I think the translators were created by native-install for that one. See the crosshurd package, it tries to set the initial translators with setfattr in case an xattr-hurd kernel is present. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]