reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[doiggl]

Hello,
Is the reiser4 patch with the [kernel 3.1 stuff by Marcin Baczyński]
available somewhere to try out. 
- Can the patch be accessed from [1] when it is released.
- Should I use the format option -o "formatting=extents" when creating a
partition e.g
mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX

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

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Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[Edward Shishkin]

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 Baczyński]
> 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=extents" when creating a
> partition e.g
> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /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
>
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Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[doiggl]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:24:13 +0200, Edward Shishkin
<edward.shishkin@gmail.com> 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 Baczyński]
>> 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=extents" when creating
a
>> partition e.g
>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /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=extents" when creating
a
>> partition e.g
>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /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 = ??? options

Thanks Glenn

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Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[Edward Shishkin]

On 08/31/2012 06:05 AM, doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:24:13 +0200, Edward Shishkin
> <edward.shishkin@gmail.com>  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 Baczyński]
>>> 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=extents" when creating
> a
>>> partition e.g
>>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /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=extents" when creating
> a
>>> partition e.g
>>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /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 = ??? options


mkfs.reiser4 -o formatting=extents /dev/sdaX

Edward.
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Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[Edward Shishkin]

On 08/31/2012 08:24 AM, 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 Baczyński]
>> 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=extents" when creating a
>> partition e.g
>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX
>
>
> No.
> Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses
> tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive.


That said, use

mkfs.reiser4 -o create=reg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX

or just

mkfs.reiser4 -o formatting=extents /dev/sdaX

because "reg40" is default file plugin


Edward.

>
>
>>
>> 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
>>
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