5124 – Kernel: Block size missing in UFS support

Bug 5124 - Kernel: Block size missing in UFS support

Summary: Kernel: Block size missing in UFS support

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	x86-kernel@gentoo.org (DEPRECATED)

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Reported:	2002-07-16 21:01 UTC by K.J. Wolf
Modified:	2003-03-12 16:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Patch to kernel fs/ufs/super.c file adding 16KB block size option (super.c.diff,544 bytes, text/plain) 2002-07-16 21:02 UTC, K.J. Wolf	Details
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Description K.J. Wolf 2002-07-16 21:01:14 UTC

For some reason, 16K UFS block size is not possible with the original Gentoo kernel.

Solution: Simply change linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/fs/ufs/super.c or similar
according to the patch enclosed.

Comment 1 K.J. Wolf 2002-07-16 21:02:48 UTC

Created attachment 2307 [details]
Patch to kernel fs/ufs/super.c file adding 16KB block size option

Comment 2 Jay Pfeifer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-03-12 16:14:26 UTC

looking fs/ufs/super.c in 2.4.20 seems that as long as the blocksize is 4096 or more and is a power of 2, it is valid. so, 4096, 8192, 16384, etc,... are valid.


therefore, this is no longer an issue in 2.4.20.