From: Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho Subject: Re: Which features should I implement in my ext4 reader? Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:04:20 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20130817130204.GA30769@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: "Theodore Ts'o" Return-path: Received: from mail-pb0-f44.google.com ([209.85.160.44]:37007 "EHLO mail-pb0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751160Ab3HRGEV (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Aug 2013 02:04:21 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id xa7so3600376pbc.31 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 23:04:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130817130204.GA30769@thunk.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > I think part of the problem (besids lots of people being busy and on > vacation) is it's not clear what your ext4 reader is going to be used > for. As a result it's hard to give advice, not knowing what the > requirements are for said reader. I think that I formulated my question incorrectly. I did not mean "please give me advice over my specific application" this time, but rather what I wanted was "please tell me a little about these various features and also tell me if they are finished or still work in progress, etc". Which is precisely what you answered already, so thanks a lot =) > These features aren't quite fully supported yet. The inline data > feature is probably closest to be being fully supported, when we > release an the next major version of e2fsprogs. Just for completeness, which version number will that by? So, I understand that currently mkfs.ext4 cannot generate ext4 file systems with this feature, correct? Is there any other way to generate a file system with this feature with a 3.8 kernel which will work? Just wondering if I can already start work on this or if I need to wait. thanks, -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho