linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Reorder ext4 and ext2 so that ext2 root filesystems are mounted using ext2

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Message-ID: <20090228143943.GD4894@spacedout.fries.net>
Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:39:43 -0600
From:	David Fries <david@...es.net>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reorder ext4 and ext2 so that ext2 root filesystems
	are mounted using ext2

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:24:20AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> It's doubtful that there are that many ext2-only root filesystem users
> that would also have ext4 compiled into the kernel, but to adhere to
> the principle of least surprise, the correct ordering in fs/Makefile
> is ext3, followed by ext2, and finally ext4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> -obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS)		+= ext4/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext4
> +obj-$(CONFIG_EXT2_FS)		+= ext2/
> +# We place ext4 after ext2 so plain ext2 root fs's are mounted using ext4
> +# unless explicitly requested by rootfstype
> +obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS)		+= ext4/

Try
> +# We place ext4 after ext2 so plain ext2 root fs's aren't mounted using ext4
> +# unless explicitly requested by rootfstype

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