[ANNOUNCE] Journaled File System (JFS) release 1.1.0

[ANNOUNCE] Journaled File System (JFS) release 1.1.0

[Steve Best]

Release 1.1.0 of JFS was made available today.

Drop 63 on November 20, 2002 (jfs-2.4-1.1.0.tar.gz
and jfsutils-1.1.0.tar.gz) includes fixes to the file
system and utilities. Extended attributes and ACLs patches
have been updated also.

Utilities changes

- rename jfs utilities as follows:
    fsck.jfs -> jfs_fsck, is hard linked to fsck.jfs upon install
    mkfs.jfs -> jfs_mkfs, is hard linked to mkfs.jfs upon install
    jfs_tune remains the same
    logdump -> jfs_logdump
    xchklog, xchkdmp combined -> jfs_fscklog
    xpeek -> jfs_debugfs
    logredo removed, function added to jfs_fsck via
    --replay_journal_only option
- update man pages appropriately for name changes
- change jfs_fsck option -o to --omit_journal_replay
- fix log replay errors
- fix off-by-one error, minor formatting error in jfs_fsck
- keep jfs_fsck from complaining during specific tree restructuring
- fix jfs_debugfs to recognize all inode types
- code cleanup

File System changes

- Fix off-by-one error when symbolic link length == 256 (bug 1513)
- jfs_clear_inode should skip bad inodes instead of choking on them
  (bug 1445)
- Make txForce actually force the metadata to disk
- Fix hang on umount after stress test(#21357) ACL problem
- Fix byte-swapping problem in getting ealist->size (bug 21085) EA
  problem

For more details about JFS, please see the patch instructions or
readme files.


Steve
JFS for Linux http://oss.software.ibm.com/jfs