Re: Which xfsprogs version to which kernel version

Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz
2015-12-02T17:07:58Z

On Wednesday 02 of December 2015, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> >> How about just checking running kernel version before enabling this by
> >> default?
> >
> > The btrfs solution? No thanks.
>
> Another option is to export features the running kernel can handle in
> sysfs & mkfs accordingly - but then somebody mkfs's under one kernel,
> boots another kernel, and gets different mkfs's, possibly fails to mount,
> etc... magically changing defaults is a nightmare. yeah, at some point
> you have to realize that you cannot save everyone from themselves. ;)

Don't change default. Warn instead about mkfs using feature not supported by
current kernel.

> >> While this is some implementation effort, it may help to reduce
> >> questions on this mailing list. And as you see distro problem or not:
> >> People still ask here. :)
>
> Like Dave said - not very often at all.

Had one complain about the problem on pld lists.

> -Eric

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