linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][take 4] e2fsprogs: Add ext4migrate

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Date:	Mon, 07 May 2007 19:29:04 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][take 4] e2fsprogs: Add ext4migrate



Theodore Tso wrote:
> 
>> That is correct. My next step is to enhance the tool to support 
>> migration to large inodes.
> 
> I would actually suggest that the place to add that functionality
> would be via "tune2fs -I <inode_size>".  Since mke2fs -I <inode_size>
> is used to set the inode size, it makes sense that tune2fs -I would
> change the inode size.  Obviously this would have to be done when the
> filesystem is not mounted, and tune2fs should abort gracefully if
> determines that the filesystem is mounted.


That is nice !!. I will  add the large inode migration support to tune2fs.

-aneesh
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