Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:09:32 -0600 | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: Updated ext4 patches for 2.6.18-rc6 |
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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.
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