From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:41:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4489C0F2.40901@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> <20060609181020.GB5964@schatzie.adilger.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:62356 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030301AbWFISl6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:41:58 -0400 To: Linus Torvalds , Alex Tomas , Jeff Garzik , Andrew Morton , ext2-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060609181020.GB5964@schatzie.adilger.int> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Andreas Dilger wrote: > The current group of changes will be a no-op if CONFIG_LBD isn't enabled, > and I think I argued fairly strongly to also have a CONFIG_ flag to allow > larger than 2TB file support only for those users that want it. Please be realistic. Distros will all want to turn this on, from now until eternity. Jeff