Re: Btrfs progs pre-release 4.3-rc1

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

David Sterba posted on Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:53:53 +0100 as excerpted:

> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:10:14AM +0000, Duncan wrote:
>> David Sterba posted on Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:14:53 +0100 as excerpted:
>> 
>> > the kernel 4.3 was released yesterday, the btrfs-progs will follow at
>> > the end of this week. I've tagged an rc1 from current devel branch.
>> > There are a lots of small invisible changes and one change in the
>> > defaults:
>> > 
>> > * mkfs: mixed mode is not forced anymore for devices smaller than 1
>> > GiB
>> 
>> It says one change in the /defaults/, but then it says mixed mode isn't
>> /forced/ anymore under a GiB.
> 
> Well, it may be a loose definition of 'default'. I meant a change in the
> current behaviour without further tuning.
> 
>> If the /defaults/ changed, is mixed mode still /recommended/ for small
>> filesystems?
> 
> Yes it is, where small remains < 1 GiB.

Thanks.  Useful information, now more important to know than ever, since 
it's no longer the under-a-gig no-additional-options default.

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