linux-ext4 - Re: [E2FSPROGS, RFC] New mke2fs types parsing

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Message-ID: <47DFE89A.3080402@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:06:50 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [E2FSPROGS, RFC] New mke2fs types parsing

Theodore Tso wrote:

> So what do people think about this proposal as an alternative to
> what's been discussed?
> 
> The filesystem type comes from defaults.fstype in mke2fs.conf, which
> can be overridden by /sbin/mkfs.*, which in turn can be overriden by
> the -t option.  If the the filesystem type does not begin with the
> string "ext" it will be rejected with an error.  Call this the
> "fs_type".
> 
> In addition, a list of types can be specified by the user using the -T
> flag.  Call it "type_list", and it consists of one or more usage types
> separated by commas.  If a type_list is not specified by -T, mke2fs
> use a single type based on the size of the block device, selected from
> the list "floppy, small, default".
> 
> Mke2fs will search mke2fs.conf for configuration parameters first by
> looking at the fs_type, and then successively in the usage types found
> in type_list.  Parameters found later override earlier parameters.
> 
> I can get behind this, as it's compatible with what came before, and
> simpler in the general case, and still as expressive for power users
> who want to do really complex things in their mke2fs.conf file.
> 
> What do people think?

Ted, this sounds good to me.

-Eric
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