Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270736AbTG0KyN (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:54:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270737AbTG0KyN (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:54:13 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:46211 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270736AbTG0KyI (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:54:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL] use ext2/ext3 consistently in Kconfig From: Alan Cox To: Tomas Szepe Cc: Linus Torvalds , lkml In-Reply-To: <20030726195722.GB16160@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20030726195722.GB16160@louise.pinerecords.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1059303927.12758.10.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 27 Jul 2003 12:05:28 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1030 Lines: 24 On Sad, 2003-07-26 at 20:57, Tomas Szepe wrote: > $subj + also clarify what fs versions the current reiser module supports. > Patch against -bk3. > This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system - (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system + (often called ext2), the de facto standard Linux file system (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks. It is called ext3 not ext2. This change is dubious (actually the big problem is it is totally unclear what we are discussing the name of. How about Ext3 is the journalling versions of the second extended file system (ext2). Ext2 was the former de-facto standard Linux file system. Ext3 uses the same on disk layout but with a journal. ... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/