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Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:09:32 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Alexandre Ratchov <alexandre.ratchov@...l.net>
Subject: Re: Updated ext4 patches for 2.6.18-rc6

On Sep 08, 2006  18:13 +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> there are 2 more patches:
> 
> * ext4_remove_relative_block_numbers:
> 
>   use 48bit absolute block numbers instead of mixed relative/absolute block
>   numbers. This is simpler and seems to fix issues with large file systems.
>    
> * ext4_allow_larger_descriptor_size:
> 
>   allow larger block group descriptors: this patch will allow to add new
>   features that need more space in the block descriptor.

Hmm, I'm a bit confused.  If we are adding larger block group descriptors,
why wouldn't we put 32-bit "high" block numbers into the larger descriptor
space?  That could be part of the INCOMPAT_64BIT support.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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