>>>>> Jeff Garzik (JG) writes: JG> think about The Experience: Suddenly users that could use 2.4.x and JG> 2.6.x are locked into 2.6.18+, by the simple and common act of writing JG> to a file. sorry to repeat, but if they simple try 2.6.18, they won't get extents. instead, they must specify extents mount option. and at this point they must get clear that this is a way to get incompatible fs. thanks, Alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html