[syslinux] ext2/ext3 256 bytes inode problem

[H. Peter Anvin]

Gabor Z. Papp wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> seems like the new default ext2/ext3 256 bytes inode size problem
> applies to extlinux.
> 
> HPA, could you confirm it?
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491076
> 
> http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html
> E2fsprogs 1.40.5 (January 27, 2008)
> "Mke2fs will now create new filesystems with 256 byte inodes and the
> ext_attr feature flag by default. This allows for much better future
> compatibity with ext4 and speeds up extended attributes even on ext3 filesystems."
> 

EXTLINUX has handled arbitrary inode sizes(*) from the start.  It is not 
affected.

	-hpa


(*) Disclaimer: I haven't actually tested non-power-of-2 sizes or inode 
size > block size.