From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:34313 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753330AbbFWOpE (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:45:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:45:01 +0200 From: David Sterba To: Sjoerd Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Btrfs progs release 4.1 Message-ID: <20150623144501.GE6761@twin.jikos.cz> Reply-To: dsterba@suse.cz References: <20150622150023.GX6761@twin.jikos.cz> <7324923.Sa0lmcTP0G@hoefnix> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <7324923.Sa0lmcTP0G@hoefnix> Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:03:47AM +0200, Sjoerd wrote: > On Monday 22 June 2015 17:00:23 David Sterba wrote: > > btrfs-progs 4.1 have been released (in time with kernel 4.1). Unusual load > > of changes. > > Would it be beneficial to update when using older kernels (3.19.x in my case)? > I can't upgrade to kernel 4.1 since my nvidia (propriety) drivers won't > support it (yet) :( The userspace tools do not depend on kernel and can be safely used with older kernels, so I'd recommend to update. https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Do_I_have_to_keep_my_btrfs-progs_at_the_same_version_as_my_kernel.3F