Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC][15/21]e2fsprogs modify variables for bitmap to exceed 2G

[Takashi Sato]

Hi, Ted

> We could bump the major version number, but what I'd much rather do is
> to create new functions which use the 64-bit blk64_t (i.e.,
> ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap2).  This will make the patches much bigger,
> but it allows us to preserve backwards compatibility.

I'm trying to add new functions which use the 64-bit block number in
e2fsprogs.  But I think the name "ext2fs_mark_blocks_bitmap2" is rather
obscure.  How about adding "_64" to the end of the name? (i.e. ext2fs_
mark_block_bitmap_64 for ext2fs_mark_block_bitmap)

Cheers, sho
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