[BusyBox] off topic: genext2fs for filesystems larger than 8MB (was: 'device table support' for mkcramfs?)

[V.R.Sundar]

--- Erik Andersen <andersen at codepoet.org> wrote:
> On Wed Jan 01, 2003 at 12:23:24PM -0800, Dan Kegel
> wrote:
> > As long as we're talking about old genext2fs
> patches,
> > Vasan Sundar wrote a patch to allow generating
> filesystems
> > larger than 8 MB with genext2fs.
> > We use it daily, and it's very handy.  It was
> submitted
> > to the maintainer of genext2fs, but hasn't been
> accepted
> > yet because it still has a hiccup or two.
> > I wanted to mention it here so anyone else who
> needs that
> > functionality doesn't think he has to start from
> scratch...
> > it's (nearly) done.  The patch adds some nice
> regression tests, too.
> 
> Hmm.  Got a pointer to the patch?  Perhaps I'll
> finish off 
> fixing up the genext2fs device_table support (I
> never did 
> completely finish a couple of features).
> 
>  -Erik

I haven't put it up on a webpage yet. I will do it and
post the link. 

There were actually 3 separate patches - make file
additons, triple indirection and group support. Then i
added 2-3 more bug fixes. There is still  one problem
remaining in the block bitmap that i haven't fixed.
(fsck complains of an error at the end of the bitmap).
I haven't touched the code in about 2 months but now
that i have added motivation, i will see if i can find
the bug :). I will anyway clean up the patches and
post the link by this weekend.

sundar

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