From: "Peng tao" Subject: Re: Ext4 documentation Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:11:56 +0800 Message-ID: <6149e97b0812221911l397556dau64b7f5935cf9411f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081222235841.7aaaef93@diego-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: "Diego Calleja" Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.227]:50963 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752457AbYLWDL6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:11:58 -0500 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so2194461rvb.1 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:11:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20081222235841.7aaaef93@diego-desktop> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Diego Thanks for your efforts. About migrating from ext3 to ext4, you suggested the following: tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,flex_bg,dir_index /dev/yourfilesystem Tuning on flex_bg isn't supported yet. tune2fs doesn't really do the magic you want. It just sets the incompatible feature bit in super block and nothing else. An e2fsck after that won't modify the ondisk format either. e2fsck doesn't check log_groups_per_flex right now(might be a bug if superblock corrupts?). So even if you turn on flex_bg, fs doesn't benefit from flex_bg feature. On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Diego Calleja wrote: > Due to the astounding lack of good end-user documentation about Ext4, I've > taken the freedom of writing an article about it for the kernelnewbies > 2.6.28 changelog: http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4 > > If you find any error or you have some suggestion, just tell me and I'll > fix it. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Cheers, Bergwolf ................ Margaret Mead - "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."