From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 12:38:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81ABA106566B; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:38:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.terabit.net.ua (mail.terabit.net.ua [195.137.202.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F9B8FC15; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:38:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from skuns.zoral.com.ua ([91.193.166.194] helo=mail.zoral.com.ua) by mail.terabit.net.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Kd2Ti-000Bde-Se; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:37:55 +0300 Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m89CblV0074974 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:37:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m89CblPl093018; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:37:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m89CblfA093012; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:37:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:37:47 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Wesley Shields Message-ID: <20080909123746.GK39652@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <9f8af95f0809061626q22bc8f60i48fd95b32cef3d04@mail.gmail.com> <20080907150747.GB62357@atarininja.org> <20080909115351.GJ39652@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20080909122917.GK62357@atarininja.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MMMIZFJzhAsRj/+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080909122917.GK62357@atarininja.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93.3, clamav-milter version 0.93.3 on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Scanned: mail.terabit.net.ua 1Kd2Ti-000Bde-Se 9346e5a43fc653a3afde1c6ee6a3b272 X-Terabit: YES Cc: freebsd-hackers , jT Subject: Re: 256-byte inode support X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:38:03 -0000 --3MMMIZFJzhAsRj/+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 08:29:17AM -0400, Wesley Shields wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:53:51PM +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 11:07:47AM -0400, Wesley Shields wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 07:26:27PM -0400, jT wrote: > > > > hackers, > > > >=20 > > > > since tytso had updated ext3 -- i've noticed that i can't use my > > > > 265-byte inode ext3 drives -- is there any effort to update it? If > > > > not -- if you know where i should attempt to start please let me kn= ow > > > > so i can start working on support (i have a few other people i know > > > > interested in this) -- thanks and hope everyone is well > > >=20 > > > There was a PR submitted for it and eventually a patch added to the P= R. > > > I've tested the patch given in the URL at the port and it works. We > > > will start to see more of this as the newer version becomes more comm= on > > > in the wild. > > >=20 > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dkern/124621 > > >=20 > > > Would be nice to see this fixed in 7.1 but it may be too late for tha= t. > >=20 > > What was the reason for increasing inode size ? I think it is rather > > pointless to increase the size without using newly added space for some > > data. Is inode format the same for the first 128 bytes, and does data > > at the second 128 bytes should be used to correctly interpret inode ? >=20 > I honestly don't know the answer. Though I do agree that it is > pointless to increase the size without using the new space. >=20 > All I know is that I was unable to read an ext filesystem made with -I > 256 (which is the default when using the most recent > sysutils/e2fsprogs). I think it is too dangerous for the user data to commit this patch, without investigating this first. --3MMMIZFJzhAsRj/+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjGbhoACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4g80gCg7CbNJWbG07/8cC2/+TxjTu/i BmQAoM9uYWjQoAF9DBeHU5PWQF3thquG =DAOI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MMMIZFJzhAsRj/+--