Re: [PATCH 15/15][e2fsprogs] 64-bit mke2fs cleanup [NEW Version]

Goswin von Brederlow
2008-07-18T11:35:38Z

"Jose R. Santos" <jrs@us.ibm.com> writes:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm posting a new version of the 64-bit mke2fs patch since it was broken
> in many ways (many thanks to Goswin for having a look and pointing them
> out). This one can actually handle large fs as runs until its time to
> allocate table (where it barfs due bitmap issues). To make 64bit fs, I
> use the following command.
>
> mke2fs -T ext4dev -O64bit /dev/my_large_disk

Just like ext2/3 default to a 4k blocksize if it exceeds 2^32 1k
blocks shouldn't ext4 default to 64bit if it exceeds 2^32 4k blocks?

> Comments welcome
>
> -JRS

MfG
Goswin