linux-kernel - Re: [00/17] Large Blocksize Support V3

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:11:39 -0700
From:	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>
To:	clameter@....com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...il.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [00/17] Large Blocksize Support V3

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 03:21:05PM -0700, clameter@....com wrote:
> V2->V3
> - More restructuring
> - It actually works!
> - Add XFS support
> - Fix up UP support
> - Work out the direct I/O issues
> - Add CONFIG_LARGE_BLOCKSIZE. Off by default which makes the inlines revert
>   back to constants. Disabled for 32bit and HIGHMEM configurations.
>   This also allows a gradual migration to the new page cache
>   inline functions. LARGE_BLOCKSIZE capabilities can be
>   added gradually and if there is a problem then we can disable
>   a subsystem.

Excellent, I'll do some testing here at the very least.


-- wli
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