docs/88512: [patch] mount_ext2fs(8) man page has no details on

[Dylan Cochran]

The following reply was made to PR docs/88512; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Dylan Cochran" <a134qaed at gmail.com>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc: "Tom Rhodes" <trhodes at FreeBSD.org>, ivoras at fer.hr
Subject: Re: docs/88512: [patch] mount_ext2fs(8) man page has no details on
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:52:09 -0500

 It's not a bug that FreeBSD only has a ext2fs driver, so it should be
 a sort of note for ext2fs(5), it supports ext2 filesystems only,
 however, if e2fsck is ran on an ext3 filesystem, it becomes nearly
 identical to an ext2 filesystem, and can be mounted. When the journal
 feature is in use, it must always be e2fsck'd before mounting, due to
 normal filesystem consistancy issues. There are corner cases where it
 can be dangerous to not follow that exact procedure, due to a wide
 range of ext2 filesystem driver implementations available for
 different kernels.
 
 It's become so common of an issue that I have an automatic 'run
 e2fsck' response whenever 'ext3' and 'freebsd' are mentioned in the
 same sentence.