I fully understand, and was only kidding about implementing it into the actual menuconfig.
Thanks for your more in depth explanation of what it does. If it's included in the kernel, there's got to be a valid use for it and I understand that. On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 10:16 -0500, Chad Bailey wrote: >> Haha, I love your caption > > Might have been a bit extreme > >> [ ] Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems <---- EVIL AVOID!!! >> >> I recommend submitting for official change in menuconfig :P > > Not sure how it should be modified but they might include a warning, or > additional information. > >> Thanks for the heads up about this, enabling something I have no idea >> what it does or how it might destroy things sounds like exactly the >> thing I would do. If only the real menuconfig had these wonderful >> captions :P > > Well its not really going to destroy anything, well maybe. Basically > what happens is it might end up mounting ext3 partitions as ext2, like > your root partition. Which is not really ideal, to downgrade the fs > without your knowledge/awareness or you wanting it to be that way. Now > it could potentially screw up your file system. I don't think its very > safe to mount a ext3 partition as ext2, but you can and it works for the > most part. > > Its something that could cause potential problems and things to change > you did not intend and/or are unaware of. Which is why I referred to it > as evil. It seems like a good option, saves space in kernel etc. But it > comes with some unforeseen, undisclosed side effects, you want to be > aware of before going that route. > > I would just assume avoid it, not sure if there are really any good use > cases, or arguments to leave it as is. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > Obsidian-Studios, Inc. > http://www.obsidian-studios.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
