Re: [UPDATE][12/24]ext3 enlarge blocksize

[Andreas Dilger]

On May 30, 2006  21:24 +0900, sho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On May 26, 2006, Andreas wrote:
> > At least part of this patch can be included into the patch series that
> > Mingming has posted to allow larger block sizes on architectures that
> > support it.  This doesn't need a separate COMPAT flag itself, since
> > older kernels will already refuse to mount a filesystem with 
> > large blocks.
> 
> Do you mention block size?

Yes, it just seemed confusing to be including these two items in the
same patch.  I was trying to indicate that the 64k block support should
be submitted to Mingming as a standalone patch atop her patch series,
which is the one that will be submitted for kernel inclusion.

> I don't use the COMPAT flag for large block size, but for >2G blocks.

Agreed.  However, there will be a different COMPAT flag for large
filesystems introduced as part of the other 48-bit ext3 changes.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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