On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 03:21:19PM -0500, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: > > I think you mean 2.6.37 here. > > 67377734fd24c3 "Btrfs: add support for mixed data+metadata block groups" > This brings up a rather important question: > Should compat-X.Y mean features that were considered usable in that > version, or everything that version offered? I understand wanting > consistency with the kernel versions, but we shouldn't be creating > filesystems that we know will break on the specified kernel even if it > is mountable on it.
IMO compat refers to the compatibility feature bits so it's whether the filesystem is mountable on a given version. Usability can be subjective. I assume the kernel versions in wide use match some of the long term branches. If it's k.org, we can submit the fixes and distros update their long term branches. A table of "is the feature usable" would be interesting but I think it's for wiki. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
