From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:24:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20060609162403.GA26709@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <1149816055.4066.60.camel@dyn9047017069.beaverton.ibm.com> <4488E1A4.20305@garzik.org> <20060609083523.GQ5964@schatzie.adilger.int> <44898EE3.6080903@garzik.org> <448992EB.5070405@garzik.org> <44899D93.5030008@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Alex Tomas , Andrew Morton , ext2-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger Return-path: Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:25749 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030282AbWFIQYG (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:24:06 -0400 To: Jeff Garzik Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44899D93.5030008@garzik.org> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:10:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alex Tomas wrote: > > I believe it's as stable as before until you mount with extents > > mount option. > > If it will remain a mount option, if it is never made the default > (either in kernel or distro level), then only 1% of users will ever use > the feature. And we shouldn't merge a 1% use feature into the _main_ > filesystem for Linux. Why not? That's how htree dir indexing got in, and AFAIK most distros use it as a default. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands