[Ocfs2-tools-devel] [patch] Modify mkfs.ocfs2 to be fit for more file system features.

[Mark Fasheh]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 03:31:27PM -0700, tao.ma wrote:
> The disk layout for ocfs2 volume will be changed for sparse files in 
> 1.4, so mkfs.ocfs2 have to be modified to fit this new feature. And 
> since we may have many new features in the ocfs 1.4 and we may also need 
> to keep the compatibility with the boxed runned in 1.2.x, it is 
> necessary to make mkfs.ocfs2 more flexible with the new added feature. 
> So this modification of mkfs.ocfs will not only benefit sparse files, 
> but also many new features which will be added in ocfs2 in the future, 
> such as unwritten extents etc.

Ok, this patch looks good - thanks.
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh
Senior Software Developer, Oracle
mark.fasheh at oracle.com