Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:35:56 -0400 | | From | Jeff Garzik <> | | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 |
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Alex Tomas wrote: >>>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes: > > JG> And thus, inodes are progressively incompatible with older > JG> kernels. Boot into an older kernel, and you can now only read half > JG> your filesystem (if it even allows mount at all). > > nope, you aren't allowed to mount fs with extents-enabled files > by ext3 which has no the feature compiled in. the same will > happen if you call it ext4.
This is my point... why increase user confusion by calling it ext3, then?
Extent magnify the "what ext3 filesystem am I talking to, today?" problem.
Jeff
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