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List:       linux-ext4
Subject:    Re: [Ext2-devel] pre-patch: online resize patch adjusted to apply to 2.6
From:       Andreas Dilger <adilger () clusterfs ! com>
Date:       2003-11-20 12:07:24
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On Nov 20, 2003  12:34 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 19:31, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > True, although this wouldn't help the currently deployed base of
> > filesystems.  Perhaps I should have included this patch in earlier
> > versions of e2fsprogs, on the argument that it isn't *that* much
> > additional overhead (except for silly people who try to use ext2 on
> > 1.44 meg flopies), but that's water under the bridge....
>
> speaking of e2fsprogs... are there any issues with old(er) e2fsprogs vs
> filesystems that have this preparation for online resize ?

It depends on how old you mean.  The EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE flag
has been supported for at least two years in e2fsprogs, but older
versions of e2fsck will complain and tell you to get a newer e2fsck.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/



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