On Mar 29, 2013 8:49 PM, "Florian Philipp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list! > > I noticed that beginning with kernel 3.8, ext4 can store small files > entirely inside the inode. But I couldn't find much additional information: > > - Is the improvement automatically enabled? > > - Is the change backwards compatible? Can I still read such files with > kernel 3.7? > > - Can current stable e2fsprogs (especially e2fsck) handle this? > > Thanks in advance! > Florian Philipp >
My question would be: Will it introduce a significant advantage to my situation, so much so that I'm willing to live with the obvious drawbacks? Rgds, --

