Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

Jeff Garzik
2006-06-09T16:04:45Z

Alex Tomas wrote:
>>>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes:
>
> JG> Alex Tomas wrote:
> >> at the moment there is no way to "boot w/ extents". you must enable
> >> them by mount option.
>
> JG> Think about how distros will deploy this feature. Also, think about
> JG> how scalable that line of thinking is...
>
> I may be wrong, but I tend to think if they're stupid enough to enable
> experimental mount option by default, they can do s/ext3/ext4 as well.

<sigh> At some point in the future, it will not be experimental.

Jeff