Hi,
On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 02:20 -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > which implies matching changes to mkfs.ext2 and possibly mount..
>
> The extents format doesn't need any support from mke2fs. Currently this
> is activated by a mount option "-o extents", so it won't be used until
> a system administrator actively enables it.
It does need support from e2fsprogs, though; patches have been posed to
ext2-devel and are available on
http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/index.html
though there is work left to do, especially to improve fsck's ability to
repair partially-damaged extent trees.
--Stephen
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