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Message-ID: <20060921095051.GA5729@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:50:51 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Alexandre Ratchov <alexandre.ratchov@...l.net>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Jean-Pierre Dion <jean-pierre.dion@...l.net>
Subject: Re: rfc: [patch] move "_hi" block numbers

On Sep 15, 2006  17:22 +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> the attached patch moves ``_hi'' bits of bg_inode_bitmap, bg_block_bitmap
> and bg_inode_table in the larger part of the group descriptor structure, as
> we discussed the last week. 
> 
> With this patch, we let a gap in the first 32 byte part of the group
> descriptor. It can be used to port future ext3 features to ext4 or to
> backport features from ext4 to ext3, without interfering with the 64bit
> support.

Looks good to me.


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

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