For the 1.43 release, we will not be enabling the metadata_csum
feature by default. We will leave that up to distribution vendors to
decide whether they want to be aggressive about enabling this feature
by default.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
large_file (> 2G) support has been around since at least kernel 2.4;
mkfs of any sufficiently large filesystem sets it "accidentally"
when the resize inode exceeds 2G. This leaves very small
filesystems lacking the feature, which potentially changes
their behavior & codepaths the first time a > 2G file gets
written.
There's really no reason to be making fresh filesystems which
strive to keep compatibility with 10 year old kernels; just
enable large_file at mkfs time. This is particularly obvious
for ext4 fielsystems, which set huge_file by default, but not
necessarily large_file.
If old-kernel compatibility is desired, mke2fs.conf can be
modified locally to remove the feature.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Enable full-power metadata checksumming by default on 'ext4dev'
filesystems. This should be fairly safe for now, since only
developers should be using this new feature.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Rename mke2fs.conf to mke2fs.conf.in, so that the makefile can choose
to use either mke2fs.conf.in or mke2fs.conf.custom.in (if it is
present). If there is custom configuration file, it's likely that it
is very different from the upstream mke2fs.conf.in, so by having the
separate mke2fs.conf.custom.in file, it minimizes merge conflicts if
the upstream mke2fs.conf file changes.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Theodore Ts'o