On Sep 08, 2006 18:13 +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > there are 2 more patches: > > * ext4_remove_relative_block_numbers: > > use 48bit absolute block numbers instead of mixed relative/absolute block > numbers. This is simpler and seems to fix issues with large file systems. > > * ext4_allow_larger_descriptor_size: > > allow larger block group descriptors: this patch will allow to add new > features that need more space in the block descriptor. Hmm, I'm a bit confused. If we are adding larger block group descriptors, why wouldn't we put 32-bit "high" block numbers into the larger descriptor space? That could be part of the INCOMPAT_64BIT support. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
