Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3

Jeff Garzik (JG) writes:

JG> No, there is a key difference between ext3 and SCSI/etc.: cruft is removed.

JG> In ext3, old formats are supported for all eternity.

we'd need this anyway. just to let users to migrate.

thanks, Alex
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