Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3
Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
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Theodore Tso wrote: > So you you would be in OK of a model where we copy fs/ext3 to > "fs/ext4", and do development there which would merged rapidly into > mainline so that people who want to participate in testing can use > ext3dev, while people who want stability can use ext3 --- and at some > point, we remove the old ext3 entirely and let fs/ext4 register itself > as both the ext3 and ext4 filesystem, and at some point in the future, > remove the ext3 name entirely? Yep, and in addition I would argue that you can take the opportunity to make ext4 default to extents-enabled, and some similar behavior changes (dir_index default?). The existence of both ext3 and ext4 means you can be more aggressive in turning on stuff, IMO. Jeff