From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760493AbZADTI0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:08:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760050AbZADTIH (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:08:07 -0500 Received: from fhw-relay07.plus.net ([212.159.14.148]:43750 "EHLO fhw-relay07.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759545AbZADTIG (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:08:06 -0500 Message-ID: <49610911.8000204@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:08:01 +0000 From: Sitsofe Wheeler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Theodore Tso , Duane Griffin , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, =?windows-1252?Q?Martin_MOKREJ=8A?= , Pavel Machek , kernel list , Andrew Morton , mtk.manpages@gmail.com, rdunlap@xenotime.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: document ext3 requirements References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Plusnet-Relay: 5a1c3f2a910c3250ebf048cdf20df56b Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Theodore Tso wrote: > So what's the use case where people want to be able to mount a > filesystem needing recovery read/only without running the journal? Corrupted SD card[1] that's been locked to read only for recovery purposes without having the FS tear itself apart further? Others seem to be saying that it is useful for forensics... [1] http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/68701.html