From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/37] e2fsprogs: Read and write full-sized inodes
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:04:19 -0400
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On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 12:05:39PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Why not just get rid of ext2_inode and replace it with
> ext2_inode_large?  Less change to the code, and less confusion for
> developers.

struct ext2_inode_large is there to make sure we don't break ABI
compatibility for shared libraries.

						- Ted