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Message-ID: <46A6302B.1020505@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:30:27 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Jose R. Santos" <jrs@...ibm.com>
CC:	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New e2fsprog doc on the ext4 wiki page.



Jose R. Santos wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:48:58 +0530
> "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Jose R. Santos wrote:
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ext4migrate:
>>> - Patches submited to the mailing list by Aneesh Kumar
>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/1395
>>>
>>
>> I guess what we are looking at here is 
>>
>> a) ext3 -> ext4 conversion would be done via option for defrag. This
>> conversion is now done via a ioctl. This is the suggested method for
>> defragmenting an ext3 inode (convert to ext4 and then defrag). 
>>
>> b) small inode to large inode conversion is done via tune2fs -I <
>> new_inode_size> I have patches for this ready. Will be sending them
>> in a day or two.
>>
>> So the ext4migrate command may not be really needed.
>>
>>
>> -aneesh  
> 
> I will remove this item then and add the tune2fs changes.
> 
> Is the defrag code going to be part of e2fsprogs or is this going to be
> a standalone app?
>

As per the last version posted

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/2290

There is a e4defrag command.

-aneesh
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