linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] block: Add Kconfig help which notes that ext4 needs CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20090109080414.GH32491@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:04:16 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Add Kconfig help which notes that ext4 needs CONFIG_LSF

On Thu, Jan 08 2009, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Jan 06, 2009  12:21 -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > @@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ config LSF
> > +	  The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in
> > +	  order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature
> > +	  enabled.    Otherwise, it will refuse to mount any filesystems
> > +	  that use the huge_file feature, which is enabled by default
> > +	  by mke2fs.ext4.
> 
> Wouldn't it make sense to just enable this by default if ext4 is enabled?

Agree, since it'll prevent the fs from mounting, using a select makes a
lot more sense.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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