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>>>>>>>>>>> aboot-0.5-8 patches
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--- fs/ext2.c.ORIG	Thu Apr 22 17:29:39 1999
+++ fs/ext2.c	Thu Apr 22 17:49:18 1999
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@
 #include "disklabel.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-#define MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS	256		/* supports 2GB filesystem */
 #define MAX_OPEN_FILES		4
 
 extern struct bootfs ext2fs;
 
 static struct ext2_super_block sb;
-static struct ext2_group_desc gds[MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS];
+static struct ext2_group_desc *gds;
 static int ngroups = 0;
 static int directlim;			/* Maximum direct blkno */
 static int ind1lim;			/* Maximum single-indir blkno */
@@ -87,11 +86,9 @@
 
 	ngroups = (sb.s_blocks_count + sb.s_blocks_per_group - 1)
 	  / sb.s_blocks_per_group;
-	if (ngroups > MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS) {
-		printf("ext2_init: too many groups (%d): max is %d\n",
-		       ngroups, MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS);
-		return -1;
-	}
+
+	gds = (struct ext2_group_desc *)
+	          malloc((size_t)(ngroups * sizeof(struct ext2_group_desc)));
 
 	/* read in the group descriptors (immediately follows superblock) */
 	cons_read(dev, gds, ngroups * sizeof(struct ext2_group_desc),

--- tools/e2lib.c.ORIG	Thu Apr 22 17:53:20 1999
+++ tools/e2lib.c	Thu Apr 22 17:54:20 1999
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
 #include <e2lib.h>
 
 
-#define		MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS	256	/* Supports 2Gb filesystem */
 #define		MAX_OPEN_FILES		8 
 
 int				fd = -1; 
 struct ext2_super_block		sb;
-struct ext2_group_desc		gds[MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS];
+struct ext2_group_desc		*gds;
 int				ngroups = 0;
 int				blocksize;	/* Block size of this fs */
 int				directlim;	/* Maximum direct blkno */
@@ -194,11 +193,8 @@
     }
 
     ngroups = (sb.s_blocks_count+sb.s_blocks_per_group-1)/sb.s_blocks_per_group;
-    if(ngroups > MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "ext2_init: too many groups (%d): max is %d\n",
-		ngroups, MAX_SUPPORTED_GROUPS);
-	return(-1);
-    }
+    gds = (struct ext2_group_desc *)
+	      malloc((size_t)(ngroups * sizeof(struct ext2_group_desc)));
 
     /* Read in the group descriptors (immediately follows superblock) */
     if ((size_t) read(fd, gds, ngroups * sizeof(struct ext2_group_desc))

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