Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:47:06 -0400 | | From | Jeff Garzik <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Overall, I'm surprised that ext3 developers don't see any of the problems >> related to progressive, stealth filesystem upgrades. > > Hey, they're used to it - they've been doing it for a long time.
Agreed, but my argument is that extents are a Big Deal.
think about The Experience: Suddenly users that could use 2.4.x and 2.6.x are locked into 2.6.18+, by the simple and common act of writing to a file.
No bells and whistles go off...
Jeff
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