Jaunty ext4

[Cory K.]

Tal Liron wrote:
> The release candidate statement for Ubuntu Studio 9.04 says that ext4 is not 
> recommended. This comes a bit a late for me because I've already converted my 
> household to ext4 weeks ago. (Living on the edge, baby!)
>
>
> Can anybody provide more details as to why this is not recommended? Is it the 
> linux-rt kernel? Is it that audio apps feature that silly fsync "bug"?
>
>
> I guess what I can do at this stage is create a special ext3 partition for just 
> saving my audio data. (I'm a heavy user of Ardour.) Would that be enough, or 
> should I just avoid using ext4 via linux-rt altogether? If I insist, what would 
> be the consequences?
>   

It's not "recommended" simply because it's a new-to-Ubuntu filesystem.
That's it. (well, scattered reports of locking under load have also
popped up. haven't seen it lately though)

> (By the way, is there a recommended Linux filesystem for audio work?)
>   

Personally, ext3.

> The return of linux-rt to Ubuntu makes me very, very happy. :) I bow in 
> gratitude before the team's dev, packaging, and bureaucratic prowess at bringing 
> this release together.
>   

As are we. Hopefully the kernel is solid and works well for all.


-Cory K.