linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH RFC 00/30] Ext4 snapshots

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:40:28 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	"Amir G." <amir73il@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/30] Ext4 snapshots - core patches

On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:05:24PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> 
> Well, we can also start ditching some unused features and tunnables, or
> make it default and remove it from documentation so people will not use
> it and we can get rid of some of the options in the future. For examle 
> 
> orlov
> oldalloc
> bsddf
> minixdf

I tried deprecated bsddf/minixdf, and got a complaint from a user who
said they were using it.  Linus's rule is, "though shalt not break
backwards compatibility", so I have up on it.  Realistically, the
difference between these two is so small it's not really a big deal.

Dropping the old allocator is probably a good idea at this point.  I
very much doubt anyone is using it.

					- Ted
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