xt4 Filesystem Enters Experimental Kernel Tree

[wolfden]

"Looks like the next version of the venerable Linux 'ext' filesystem is just around the corner. Andrew Morton has added an early version of ext4 to his 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 tree, enabling Linux to support storage volumes up to 1020 petabytes in size, and to write files in 'extents,' or contiguous, reserved areas. According to an article at Linux-Watch, ext4 will be ready for production use within six to nine months, if all goes well. On the downside, the new ext4 filesystem will offer only limited backward compatibility with ext3-aware Linux kernels."

more info:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3183866977.html


limited backward compatibility tho, hmmmmmm

[ed]

But it's not programmed by a guy who's been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_reise ... appearance

[wolfden]

Yea that is true, although I read they still plan on developing the reiser, should be interesting to see what happens

[cvill64]

bah! who cares when you use the awesome xfs fs!!

[mars]

Only Hans Reiser me thinks. Especially when it would turn out he did not do it.
Or when evidence would be against him but he did not do it anyway....

I wouldn't want to be in his shoes now.