1 From 1e76e5778a1885452939a79d9145b80634a5b023 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: Andreas Bombe <aeb@debian.org>
3 Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 03:44:58 +0200
4 Subject: [PATCH] mkfs: Default to 64/32 heads/sectors for targets smaller than
7 This may put defaults in certain use cases a little bit more in line
8 with the old defaults in versions up to 3.0.28. It has mostly aesthetic
11 Signed-off-by: Andreas Bombe <aeb@debian.org>
13 src/mkfs.fat.c | 10 ++++++++++
14 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
18 @@ -519,6 +519,16 @@ static void establish_params(struct devi
19 unsigned int cluster_size = 4; /* starting point for FAT12 and FAT16 */
20 int def_root_dir_entries = 512;
22 + if (info->size < 512 * 1024 * 1024) {
24 + * These values are more or less meaningless, but we can at least
25 + * use less extreme values for smaller filesystems where the large
26 + * dummy values signifying LBA only access are not needed.
32 if (info->type != TYPE_FIXED) {
33 /* enter default parameters for floppy disks if the size matches */
34 switch (info->size / 1024) {