Features implemented or bugfix since V0.53:
1, Ext4 extent writing support (developed by ngkaho1234 @ gmail.com)
See his repository for more details:
http://github.com/ngkaho1234/Ext3Fsd.git
2, Size manipulation and i/o path revised for support of indirect and
extent-based mappings
3, 16T volume supported (tested and confirmed with 4T volume)
Version 0.53 and previous versions only support up to 2T volume
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/134/
4, Deletion acceleration: truncation optimized for indirect-based files
5, Size-expanding disabled in IRP_MJ_CREATE for better performance.
Windows sometimes would truncate file size back to 0
6, Support Volume exclusive-open for e2fsprogs utils. Any attempts
will be denied while EXT4 volume is being checked (e2fsck).
7, FIXME: Possible zero-content returned (requesting data from file tail)
8, FIXME: File ByteOffset updated for FO_SYNCHRONOUS_IO open (async i/o)
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/133/
9, FIXME: don't do byte or range round up for paging i/o requests
ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/ext2fsd/bugs/129/
10, FIXME: occasional block bitmap difference issue, cased by checksum
caculation in uninit_bg group initializing
11, e2fsprogs utils for Windows (e2fsck, mke2fs, tune2fs, debugfs) included
[the followings are change-logs made upon V0.60]
12, FIXME: Ext4 unwritten-extent supported to avoid possible data corruption
MSB of ee_len field of unwritten extent is used as only a flag. It
was mistakenly treated as extent length (block numbers) in V0.60
13, FIXME: Manually clear file to zero for indirect-block file that is newly
created but not yet written
14, Renaming supported: with names only diffs in lower or upper cases
15, I/o path revised to correctly handle ValidDataLength & unwritten holes
Supported Ext3/4 features by 0.61:
1, flexible inode size: > 128 bytes, up to block size
2, dir_index: htree directory index
3, filetype: extra file mode in dentry
4, large_file: > 4G files supported
5, sparse_super: super block backup in group descriptor
6, uninit_bg: fast fsck and group checksum
7, extent: full support with extending and shrinking.
8, journal: only support replay for internal journal
9, flex_bg: first flexible metadata group
Unsupported Ext3/4 features:
1, journal: log-based operations, external journal
2, EA (extended attributes), ACL support
3, symlink creation
Features to be implemented in next release:
1, Reparse point support (hardlink, symbolic link etc)
2, mounted as given user: privilege checking with given uid & gid
Files descriptions:
Ext2Fsd-0.61.exe: setup wizard for Windows systems (Win2k, Winxp,
Vista, Win7, Win8, Server 2003, Server 2008/R2)
Ext2Fsd-0.61.7z: Batch setup package in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.61.zip: Batch setup package in zip
Ext2Fsd-0.61.src.7z: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in 7-zip
Ext2Fsd-0.61.src.zip: Source codes of Ext3Fsd and Ext2Mgr in zip
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/Ext2fsd/0.61/
Files checksum:
C:\Works\Ext2fsd\0.61>sha1sum Ext2Fsd-0.61*
0f3d414fe46e47cd42d70cbfaa3954fd5b2820ea *Ext2Fsd-0.61.7z
3f3fee95c236dd91633fe38098bbc066876361bf *Ext2Fsd-0.61.exe
1ea722291760785bd214894e6e1367eb57e974fe *Ext2Fsd-0.61.src.7z
ae86a0816895406db5bf902eb74cc4be5ea2c2eb *Ext2Fsd-0.61.src.zip
161b69516ff0cfef700c6236a5d016e38eaf6228 *Ext2Fsd-0.61.zip
WARNINGS:
The driver may crash your system and ruin your data unexpectedly,
since there might be software conflicts and I could only test it
on some of the popular platforms. You should use it with care and
use it at your own risk!
Matt <mattwu@163.com>
https://www.ext2fsd.com