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    DateFri, 09 Jun 2006 12:03:17 -0400
    FromJeff Garzik <>
    SubjectRe: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3
    Gerrit Huizenga wrote:
    > Jeff's approach taken to the rediculous would mean that we'd have
    > ext versions 1-40 by now at least.  I don't think that helps much,
    > either.
    
    That's plainly silly.  Like everything else in life, it is a balance of 
    costs.
    
    At some point, ext3's fs-feature-flag approach increases the 
    combinations of metadata variants you must support exponentially.
    
    Moving to extents and 48bit (which I want) is a big enough step that, 
    IMO, some of the support costs become far more obvious.
    
    	Jeff
    
    
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