Without subscribing to the recommended newgroup, can you
synopsize the benefits that ext3 brings over ext2?
Thanks,
Russ
On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> No, ext3 is not yet ready for 2.4.12.
> This is mainly because Linus changed a whole bunch of stuff in the VFS
> layer in the kernel in 2.4.10 and as a result the ext3 patch for 2.4.10
> was/is a little buggy ( = read: don't use it unless you've got backups).
>
> They've therefore tracked the ac kernels for the last couple of weeks and
> are hoping to get a 2.4.12 patch out this week. If you're feeling
> adventureous then you can manually apply the 2.4.10 patches against 2.4.12
> with a little bit of work.
>
> ext3 won't go into the Linus kernels for a while yet - mainly because the
> recent changes have made the ext3 team unconvinced (for the moment) about
> the VFS layer in the Linus kernels, so arn't pushing the integration of
> ext3 into those kernels.
>
> But this is moving so fast that I'd really suggest you subscribe to the
> ext3 mailing list and keep uptodate.
>
> HTH,
>
> Matthew
>
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:37:14PM +0000, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > There is no patch for 2.4.12 for ext3 on the main site.
> >
> > http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/
> >
> > Is ext3 included in linus's kernel in 2.4.12 ?
> >
> > Please cc your replies to me. I am not on the list.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Peace
> >
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