From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:28:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4489A1C6.7040402@garzik.org> 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> <20060609162403.GA26709@harddisk-recovery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Morton , ext2-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Alex Tomas , Andreas Dilger Return-path: To: Erik Mouw In-Reply-To: <20060609162403.GA26709@harddisk-recovery.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ext2-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: ext2-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Erik Mouw wrote: > 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. The question is not today's usage, but long term production usage. If it is destined to be default eventually, then it's not a 1% case. Jeff