EXT3 File-System Driver To Be Removed From The Linux Kernel
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As the EXT4 file-system driver is backwards compatible with EXT3/EXT2 and supports mounting these earlier extended file-systems, dropping the EXT3 driver isn't being met with much criticism. Jan Kara of SUSE who had been maintaining the EXT3 code had sent out the three patches today for removing this file-system driver. EXT4 maintainer Ted Ts'o has already acknowledged the patch.
The patch series can be found on the kernel mailing list. Assuming no major objections come up, the EXT3 file-system driver will be dropped for the Linux 4.3 kernel.
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