Re: Btrfs progs pre-release 4.3-rc1

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On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:10:14AM +0000, Duncan wrote:
> David Sterba posted on Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:14:53 +0100 as excerpted:
> 
> > the kernel 4.3 was released yesterday, the btrfs-progs will follow at
> > the end of this week. I've tagged an rc1 from current devel branch.
> > There are a lots of small invisible changes and one change in the
> > defaults:
> > 
> > * mkfs: mixed mode is not forced anymore for devices smaller than 1 GiB
> 
> It says one change in the /defaults/, but then it says mixed mode isn't 
> /forced/ anymore under a GiB.

Well, it may be a loose definition of 'default'. I meant a change in the
current behaviour without further tuning.

> Which is it, a change in the /defaults/, under a gig now defaults to 
> separate data/metadata, or same /defaults/, but now there's a way to 
> overrule them and do separate data/metadata under a gig, so while mixed 
> remains the default, it's no longer /forced/?
> 
> If the /defaults/ changed, is mixed mode still /recommended/ for small 
> filesystems?

Yes it is, where small remains < 1 GiB.
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