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Re: xfs block size

To: "Davida, Joe" <Joe_Davida@xxxxxxxxxx>, "'linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx '" <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfs block size
From: "Nathan Scott" <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:30:39 -0400
In-reply-to: "Davida, Joe" <Joe_Davida@xxxxxxxxxx> "xfs block size" (Jan 12, 1:24pm)
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hi Joe,

On Jan 12,  1:24pm, Davida, Joe wrote:
> Subject: xfs block size
>       Are there any plans to support 64K FS block
>       sizes?
>       How soon (ballpark date)?
>       In what version of Linux (2.4, 2.5...etc)?
> 

Yes, there are plans - details are at:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/todos.html#_multiblocksize

>From a conversation with Russell, he's predicted an eta of
around 3 - 6 months from now (also saying that at the moment
its not clear exactly what the solution will be and that
there's plenty on his plate before getting onto this issue).

We'd be looking at a 2.4.x+XFS tree I would imagine.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan

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