From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Subject: Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:05:18 +1000 Message-ID: <8a02fe7a19b065bf0a2b411df2db1e20@mail.velocitynet.com.au> References: <5040588D.10501@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5040588D.10501@gmail.com> Sender: reiserfs-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" To: ReiserFS Development List 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. >=20 >=20 > This is not yet reviewed/tested. >=20 >=20 >> - Should I use the format option -o "formatting=3Dextents" when crea= ting a >> partition e.g >> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=3Dccreg40,formatting=3Dextents /dev/sdaX >=20 >=20 > No. > Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses > tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive. >=20 >=20 >> >> 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 crea= ting a >> partition e.g >> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=3Dccreg40,formatting=3Dextents /dev/sdaX >=20 > 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, wh= at would be safe to use ? =20 mkfs.reiser4 -o XXXXX /dev/sda where XXXXX =3D ??? options Thanks Glenn -- 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