On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:24:13 +0200, Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/31/2012 05:19 AM, doiggl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hello, >> Is the reiser4 patch with the [kernel 3.1 stuff by Marcin Baczyński] >> available somewhere to try out. >> - Can the patch be accessed from [1] when it is released. > > > This is not yet reviewed/tested. > > >> - Should I use the format option -o "formatting=extents" when creating a >> partition e.g >> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX > > > No. > Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses > tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive. > > >> >> Information from this thread [2] >> >> Thanks >> Glenn >> >> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-2.6/ >> [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/msg03216.html >> >> - Should I use the format option -o "formatting=extents" when creating a >> partition e.g >> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX > > No. > Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses > tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive. Hello, Question: Have you got an example on how to format a reiser4 partition please, what would be safe to use ? mkfs.reiser4 -o XXXXX /dev/sda where XXXXX = ??? options Thanks Glenn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
