#9972 NORM Not Tri: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range

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#9972: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem of certain size range
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           Reporter:  Quozl                |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Not Triaged      
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  not specified    
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
        Next_action:  never set            |    Verified:  0                
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:                   
           Blocking:                       |  
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Comment(by pgf):

 i've also gotten the Flushbuf error on a 1G USB stick (see comment 6 on
 #9957).  here's the mkfs output for that filesystem:

 {{{
 ==chalk,pgf(1)>> .s mke2fs /dev/sdf1
 mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
 Filesystem label=
 OS type: Linux
 Block size=4096 (log=2)
 Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
 61056 inodes, 244087 blocks
 12204 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
 First data block=0
 Maximum filesystem blocks=251658240
 8 block groups
 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
 7632 inodes per group
 Superblock backups stored on blocks:
         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376

 Writing inode tables: done
 Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done


 }}}

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