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SubjectRe: Linux-2.4.18-rc3-ac3: bug with using whole disks as filesystems
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On Friday 26 July 2002 07:33, I wrote:
> There is no fundamental reason why we can't handle the larger
> blocksizes. It just didn't make it to the top of the list of things
> to do for this cycle. For now, all the mkfs's have to accomodate
> this shortcoming.

Whoops, correction, the correct behaviour is to refuse to mount a
filesystem that has oversize blocks. Mkfs can and should go ahead and
create such things if asked to.

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Daniel
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