Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:06:05 +0000 | | From | Pavel Machek <> | | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 |
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Hi!
> >If ext2 and ext3 didn't support > 2GB files (which was > >a filesystem > >feature added in exactly the same way as extents are > >today, and nobody > >bitched about it then) then they would be relegated to > >the same status > >as minix and xiafs and all the other filesystems that > >are stuck in the > >"we can't change" or "we aren't supported" camps. > > PRECISELY. So you should stop modifying a filesystem > whose design is admittedly _not_ modern! > > ext3 is already essentially xiafs-on-life-support, when > you consider today's large storage systems and today's > filesystem technology.
Please don't. AFAIK, ext2/3 is only filesystem with working fsck (because that fsck was actually needed in the old days). Starting from xfs/jfs/reiser/??? means we no longer have working fsck...
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