Re: ext2 feature request

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 08:09:21PM +1000, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to have a gap between the super-block and the
> start of group 0's metadata?

Yes.  It's called the "s_first_data_block" field in the ext2
superblock, and lets you offset the data zone from the start
of the filesystem.

The mke2fs code doesn't currently set up superblocks which use
this, but the kernel support should already work.

Ted, has anybody actually used/tested this code yet, to your
knowledge?

--Stephen