Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Ext2-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Register ext3dev filesystem | From | Dave Kleikamp <> | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:08:43 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 15:53 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Theodore Tso wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 11:20:22AM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 06:17:22PM -0700, Mingming Cao wrote: > >>> Register ext4 filesystem as ext3dev filesystem in kernel. > >> Why confuse users with the name "ext3dev"? If a filesystem lives in > >> fs/blah/, it's registered as "blah" and can be mounted with "-t blah". > >> Just register the filesystem as "ext4" and mark it "EXPERIMENTAL" in > >> Kconfig. > > > > We had this discussion on LKML. There were those who were concerned > > that it would not be enough just to mark it be EXPERIMENTAL. > > I _want_ to agree with Erik, but I must agree: CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is > pretty worthless in practice :( It's not maintained rigorously, and > distros _always_ enable it, because otherwise they would often omit key > drivers that people actively use. > > So, while my own personal preference would be to follow Erik's > suggestion... thinking realistically, an fstype change from "ext3dev" > to "ext4" is a far more obvious-to-users method of creating a > devel/production line of demarcation.
IF it's decided to register the file system as ext3dev (Would ext4dev make more sense?), I would prefer the config options and code continues to simply use ext4. -- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center
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