Hello Joshua, I have been using it since the first patch was sent (that was why I was discovering so many issues at first).
And I got asked by 3 separate people on how to install it and turn it on etc since a while (after v5 so about 6 weeks ago). I didn't get any more bug reports after V6. But I got to say that I don't know who is using real hardware, I know don't (for now) and that is the only thing I can say for sure . Kind regards, Milos On Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 12:53 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > April 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM, "Milos Nikic" <[email protected] mailto: > [email protected]?to=%22Milos%20Nikic%22%20%3Cnikic.milos%40gmail.com%3E > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Samuel, > > Just dropping a quick ping on this v5 thread now that it's been a couple > of weeks. > > > > Since sending it, I’ve (and some other people) continued stress-testing > it and using it daily on top of all the patches that came through in > > between. > > May I ask how many people are using the beta "ext3fs" on the Hurd? Do we > have any real hardware testers? > > > It works great but there is an assert that blows up on unjournaled > mounts in v5 (as mentioned previously), and some compiler warnings when > > compiled on 32-bit and a rare deadlock that only triggers when the ring > buffer reaches 100% saturation under synthetic I/O. > > > I have the fixes for all of that ready in my local tree. They don't > change the architecture at all! > > To make your eventual review as easy as possible, how would you like me > to handle them? > > > > Should I send a v6 now with those fixes included, or hold onto them > until you've had a chance to look at the core v5 architecture? > > > > Best, > > Milos > > >
