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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Maurizio Lombardi <m.lombardi85@gmail.com>
Cc: dave@gnu.org, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mkfs.minix V3 is broken
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:54:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111122105449.GX7916@nb.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMtsiiDNPk4+m7JoWRp0JQWdL229OMCMYjZZsg-E2Ej0Rkv4OA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:05:04AM +0100, Maurizio Lombardi wrote:
> >    if (BLOCKS > MINIX_MAX_INODES)
> >       BLOCKS = MINIX_MAX_INODES;
> 
> Please note that this piece of code is horrible too, comparing the
> number of blocks to the max number of inodes is like comparing apples
> and oranges, no? :)
> 
> In general I think that the mkfs.minix is full of weird things and
> needs a serious cleanup.

 Go ahead! :-)

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-22 10:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-21 19:40 mkfs.minix V3 is broken Maurizio Lombardi
2011-11-21 22:06 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2011-11-22  9:03   ` Maurizio Lombardi
2011-11-22 10:05     ` Maurizio Lombardi
2011-11-22 10:54       ` Karel Zak [this message]
2011-11-27 22:03     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2011-11-28  9:27       ` Karel Zak

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