[PATCH 3/5] xfs: kill ino64 mount option

[Eric Sandeen]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:30 AM, Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 05:12:32PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:54:51PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The ino64 mount option adds a fixed offset to 32bit inode numbers
>>>>> to bring them into the 64bit range.  There's no need for this kind
>>>>> of debug tool given that it's easy to produce real 64bit inode  
>>>>> numbers
>>>>> for testing.
>>>> hm, easy how?
>>>
>>> Actually test with a large enough device and let them spread evenly
>>> over the AGs.
>>
>> It's the large-enough device which sometimes is at odds with "easy"
>
> Sparse loopback image

OK I'm sold...

Eric

>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> david at fromorbit.com
>