Ocfs2 users - May 2010 - ocfs2-tools 1.6

Hello list,

i've some questions regarding ocfs2-tools which couldn't be answered by 
the WIKI.

1.) Is ocfs2-tools 1.6 considered as stable?
2.) Is there a release date for 1.6?
3.) Can 1.6 be used with actual vanilly kernel 2.6.32.12 (ocfs2 v1.5 
module)?
4.) Will there be speedup of file creation and deletion with ocfs2-tools 
1.6 and the new features?
5.) Can a ocfs2 filesystem created with 1.4.4 upgraded to 1.6 and it's 
features?

-- 
Regards
   Stefan

On 05/10/2010 01:33 PM, Stefan Priebe - allied internet ag
wrote:
> 1.) Is ocfs2-tools 1.6 considered as stable?
>    
Mostly. We push changes to the tree only after it passes all the tests.
> 2.) Is there a release date for 1.6?
>    
We are planning to do a beta release for el6. No dates as yet.
Ping Novell for dates for sles.
> 3.) Can 1.6 be used with actual vanilly kernel 2.6.32.12 (ocfs2 v1.5
> module)?
>    
Yes.
> 4.) Will there be speedup of file creation and deletion with ocfs2-tools
> 1.6 and the new features?
>    
The indexed dir feature was pushed after the ocfs2-tools 1.6 label.
Yes, you will see a speedup if you build the current HEAD.
> 5.) Can a ocfs2 filesystem created with 1.4.4 upgraded to 1.6 and it's
> features?
>    
Yes. Use tunefs.ocfs2 to activate new features.