Hello David. David Sterba - 13.11.17, 23:50: > while 4.14 is still fresh, let me address some concerns I've seen on linux > forums already. > > The newly added ZSTD support is a feature that has broader impact than > just the runtime compression. The btrfs-progs understand filesystem with > ZSTD since 4.13. The remaining key part is the bootloader. > > Up to now, there are no bootloaders supporting ZSTD. This could lead to an > unmountable filesystem if the critical files under /boot get accidentally > or intentionally compressed by ZSTD.
But otherwise ZSTD is safe to use? Are you aware of any other issues? I consider switching from LZO to ZSTD on this ThinkPad T520 with Sandybridge. Thank you, -- Martin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
