Bug 173346

Summary:	mkfs -t ext3 should set dir_index by default
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Avi Kivity <avi>
Component:	e2fsprogs	Assignee:	Thomas Woerner <twoerner>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4	CC:	mgarski, sct, sundaram
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Fixed In Version:	1.39-1	Doc Type:	Enhancement
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Description Avi Kivity 2005-11-16 15:03:53 UTC

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Description of problem:
dir_index is mature, and helpful for large filesystems. it should be turned on 
by default. it is not practical to expect users to turn it on manually. 
 
please consider also raising the bytes per inode ratio from 8192 bytes/inode 
to something larger (say double that). 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
e2fsprogs-1.38-0.FC4.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkfs -t ext3 /dev/whatever 
2. tune2fs -l /dev/whatever 
 
   

Actual Results:  no dir_index 

Expected Results:  dir_index 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Marcin Garski 2006-07-12 20:46:12 UTC

With e2fsprogs-1.39-1 dir_index is enabled by default.

Thomas still not resolved is "consider also raising the bytes per inode ratio
from 8192 bytes/inode to something larger (say double that).", but it that case
new bug should be opened, right?

Comment 2 Thomas Woerner 2006-07-13 10:03:56 UTC

Yes, please open another bug for this.