EXT3 File-System Driver To Be Removed From The Linux Kernel

[phoronix]

Phoronix: EXT3 File-System Driver To Be Removed From The Linux Kernel

With the EXT4 file-system having been stable for years as an evolutionary upgrade to EXT3, the EXT4 module supporting mounting EXT3 file-systems, and most (all?) Linux distributions having switched to EXT4 by default, there's now patches for removing the EXT3 file-system driver from the Linux kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Kernel-Dropping-EXT3

[TheBlackCat]

If the EXT4 driver is backwards-compatible it seem a no-brainer to remove redundant code.

[alpha_one_x86]

Why not the ext2 driver too?

[sligor]

Why not the ext2 driver too?

perhaps for embedded devices ?

[Danny3]

Does EXT4 offer only advantages over EXT3?

[Slartifartblast]

Does EXT4 offer only advantages over EXT3?

Yes

http://www.giyf.com/

[carewolf]

Why not the ext2 driver too?

Because ext2 is still useful when the journal gets corrupted, or you don't need journaling. I am surprised they are considered separate drivers though... Oh well.

[lunarcloud]

Because ext2 is still useful when the journal gets corrupted, or you don't need journaling. I am surprised they are considered separate drivers though... Oh well.

EXT4 has a journal-less mode that keeps all the other added features.

[CaptainBlood]

Hi,
AFAIR 4 favors read, 3 favors write. (or the other way round...)
So if I'm not wrong, EXT3 should be kept for usage that would benefit from it, performance wise.

[LightBit]

Doesn't mounting ext3 fs with ext4 make it incompatible with ext3?