tytso@xxxxxxx wrote: > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 04:33:47PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: >> Some devices, notably 4k sector drives, may have a 512 logical >> sector size, mapped onto a 4k physical sector size. >> >> When mke2fs is ratcheting down the blocksize for small filesystems, >> or when a blocksize is specified on the commandline, we should not >> willingly go below the physical sector size of the device. >> >> When a blocksize is specified, we -must- not go below >> the logical sector size of the device. >> >> Add a new library function, ext2fs_get_device_phys_sectsize() >> to get the physical sector size if possible, and adjust the >> logic in mke2fs to enforce the above rules. > > Was this something you think is worth trying to slip into 1.41.10? > > Just checking... my default is to defer this unless you think its > especially important. > > - Ted I'm inclined to defer it. I can get it in as a patch if we need to. I'd meant to send it earlier but well, you know ... ;) Thanks, -Eric -- 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
