From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:16:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48EAF0C8.9060104@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1223356130-22006-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu>
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index abccb5d..afb14f2 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -136,37 +136,37 @@ config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
> If you are not using a security module that requires using
> extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
>
> -config EXT4DEV_FS
> - tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> - depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> +config EXT4_FS
> + tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
> select JBD2
> select CRC16
> help
> - Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation
> - extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be
> - renamed ext4 fs later, once ext4dev is mature and stabilized.
> + This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
>
> Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
> - the on-disk format of ext4dev is not the same as ext3 any more:
> - it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit physical block
> - numbers. These combined on-disk format changes will allow
> - ext4dev/ext4 to handle more than 16 TB filesystem volumes --
> - a hard limit that ext3 cannot overcome without changing the
> - on-disk format.
> -
> - Other than extent maps and 48-bit block numbers, ext4dev also is
> - likely to have other new features such as persistent preallocation,
> - high resolution time stamps, and larger file support etc. These
> - features will be added to ext4dev gradually.
> + the on-disk format of ext4 is not backwardscompatible with
s/backwardscompatible/backwards compatible
> + ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
> + physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
> + allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
> + and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
> + up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
> + http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
> +
> + The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3
> + filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
> + the delayed allocation and inode table readeahad, the best
s/readeahad/readahead
> + performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
> + filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4
> + filesystem initially.
>
> To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
> module will be called ext4dev.
>
> If unsure, say N.
...
> diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
> index a1482a5..de404b0 100644
> --- a/fs/Makefile
> +++ b/fs/Makefile
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DLM) += dlm/
> # Do not add any filesystems before this line
> obj-$(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS) += reiserfs/
> obj-$(CONFIG_EXT3_FS) += ext3/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext3
> -obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4DEV_FS) += ext4/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext4dev
> +obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS) += ext4/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext4dev
the tailing word is still ext4dev
> obj-$(CONFIG_JBD) += jbd/
> obj-$(CONFIG_JBD2) += jbd2/
> obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS) += ext2/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-07 5:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-07 5:08 [PATCH, RFC] ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4 Theodore Ts'o
2008-10-07 5:16 ` Li Zefan [this message]
2008-10-07 11:07 ` Andreas Dilger
2008-10-10 18:00 ` Eric Sandeen
2008-10-10 19:46 ` Theodore Tso
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