diff -r -u hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ext2fs.c hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ext2fs.c
--- hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ext2fs.c	Mon Jan  8 16:27:01 2001
+++ hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ext2fs.c	Fri Aug  3 23:45:26 2001
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
   },
   {"sblock", 'S', "BLOCKNO", 0,
    "Use alternate superblock location (1kb blocks)"},
+   {"hurd-warnings", 'H', 0, 0, "Enable HURD-specific warnings"},
   {0}
 };
 
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@
 	  return EINVAL;
 	}
       break;
+    case 'H':
+      _hurd_warnings = ENABLED;
+      break;
 
     case ARGP_KEY_INIT:
       state->child_inputs[0] = state->input;
@@ -166,6 +170,9 @@
 {
   error_t err;
   mach_port_t bootstrap;
+
+  /* Initialize hurd specific features. */
+  _hurd_warnings = DISABLED;
 
   /* Initialize the diskfs library, parse arguments, and open the store.
      This starts the first diskfs thread for us.  */
diff -r -u hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ext2fs.h hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
--- hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ext2fs.h	Sun Oct  3 05:23:26 1999
+++ hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ext2fs.h	Fri Aug  3 23:44:54 2001
@@ -443,3 +443,10 @@
 
 extern void ext2_warning (const char *, ...)
      __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* hurd specific features */
+
+#define DISABLED 0
+#define ENABLED 1
+int _hurd_warnings;
diff -r -u hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ialloc.c hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ialloc.c
--- hurd-20010718.orig/ext2fs/ialloc.c	Sun Mar 12 12:01:40 2000
+++ hurd-20010718/ext2fs/ialloc.c	Sat Aug  4 01:26:18 2001
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
   if (st->st_blocks)
     {
-      if (sblock->s_creator_os == EXT2_OS_HURD)
+      if (sblock->s_creator_os == EXT2_OS_HURD && _hurd_warnings == ENABLED)
 	ext2_warning ("Free inode %d had %ld blocks", inum, st->st_blocks);
       st->st_blocks = 0;
       np->dn_set_ctime = 1;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
   st->st_mode &= ~S_IPTRANS;
   if (np->allocsize)
     {
-      if (sblock->s_creator_os == EXT2_OS_HURD)
+      if (sblock->s_creator_os == EXT2_OS_HURD && _hurd_warnings == ENABLED)
 	ext2_warning ("Free inode %d had a size of %ld", inum, st->st_size);
       st->st_size = 0;
       np->allocsize = 0;