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Re: large allocation groups fix

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Subject: Re: large allocation groups fix
From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:07:59 -0900
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:00:11AM +0000, Alexander Fisher wrote:

> You said that one of my workarounds would be to
> downgrade xfstools (or at least mkfs.xfs).  Wouldn't
> it be better if the latest released version of
> xfstools worked correctly with the latest released
> version of xfs?  Perhaps its possible for mkfs.xfs to

the latest version of XFS is in Linux 2.4.25

> detect the use of xfs1.3.1 (and earlier?) and not
> create large allocation groups under those conditions.

such runtime checks are really not appropriate for a mkfs IMO.  

you can force current mkfs to not create large AGs.  read the man page.

-- 
Ethan Benson
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