From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Edward Shishkin Subject: Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:27:20 +0200 Message-ID: <50406758.4000101@gmail.com> References: <5040588D.10501@gmail.com> <8a02fe7a19b065bf0a2b411df2db1e20@mail.velocitynet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j9rWLukIX4522OXpkfMt05zN0isTc9CfEusJb171+Vw=; b=TKBtSr7VYaYJtGjp/Zlw4JeDkbwpP97kRhL2pAte+8M2vTE2nm+0oz+/zkzCR6GO3R 2oHkXrPAJ/V60hEbfYBGnGtJsXEUfIEfqVunK+Jkxf/VSp85ucVt0J5muBVUPRGSXEIF Iv5Sjl282Pt1qyt9+i9waclfc8Y3JzJdg8YGPAGs1zr8Rw2vV7/bHgQ92ls9jf5pxJnn R1G1CAXjZOSO3SHsCgSKQ+psszy6FytmSgF0WmqgSwZfDKSwJcYZ8DXMZVAx8y/BZjWV Ob9SNvQwhbMtbeGOkUo0uhagZAOmZFQJJQWw47b/S9ESexU9TcjFq6J8ipFwaPieE4T2 6TnA== In-Reply-To: <8a02fe7a19b065bf0a2b411df2db1e20@mail.velocitynet.com.au> Sender: reiserfs-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: doiggl@velocitynet.com.au Cc: ReiserFS Development List On 08/31/2012 06:05 AM, doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:24:13 +0200, Edward Shishkin > wrote: >> On 08/31/2012 05:19 AM, doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote: >>> Hello, >>> Is the reiser4 patch with the [kernel 3.1 stuff by Marcin Baczy=C5=84= ski] >>> 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=3Dextents" when cre= ating > a >>> partition e.g >>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=3Dccreg40,formatting=3Dextents /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=3Dextents" when cre= ating > a >>> partition e.g >>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=3Dccreg40,formatting=3Dextents /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 =3D ??? options mkfs.reiser4 -o formatting=3Dextents /dev/sdaX Edward. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-deve= l" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html