On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 08:48:01PM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > This is a bit arrogant, but I believe that a user that does not know how > to recompile the kernel with the #define changed is not sophisticated
I think it's pretty inconvenient to have to change that and rebuild the kernel (possibly voiding a vendor's warrenty) just to change the reserve %. ext2/3 has always had it tunable. As long as a reasonable % is chosen, few will bother to change it. What if your file server is almost full, but you can't get funding for more drives for a couple months? You have to rebuild your kernel if you just want to use another 2%? Rebuilding a kernel is no big deal for me, but it is for others, and not just because of lack of ability. I'm sure there are situations where you can't just plop in a new kernel (company security policies, support contracts, etc), no matter how easy it is to build. My vote: put the reserve % in the superblock (if it isn't already) and give mkfs a sane default. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE
