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From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To: Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ext2 inode size patch - RE: PR kern/124621
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 02:29:57PM -0500, Josh Carroll wrote:
> A while back, I submitted a patch for PR kern/124621, which allows the
> mounting of an ext2(3) filesystem created with an inode size other
> than 128.  The e2fsprogs' default is now 256, so file systems created
> on newer Linux distributions or with the port will not be mountable.
>=20
> I was hopeful this would get committed in time for 7.1-RELEASE (and
> 6.4-RELEASE), however the PR remains open.
>=20
> If there is an issue with the patch itself, I would be glad to fix it.
> I'm posting to fs@ because hopefully some folks more experienced with
> file system/kernel code can have a look and see if the patch is ok to
> commit.
>=20
> I've seen a few people in ##freebsdhelp on Freenode as well as
> #freebsdhelp on EFnet with this problem, and have had them test this
> patch out with success (and no obvious adverse effects), so I was
> hoping it could committed in time for 7.1-RELEASE. Since 6.4 is so
> close to release, I'm not so sure about that.
>=20
> Anyway, I would appreciate it if the patch could get some review to
> see if it can be committed in time.

I already expressed my opinion on
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2008-September/025933.ht=
ml

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