The subject was wrong. it is base3 actually... sorry. > Release Note for aufs2-base3-2.6.27 > J. R. Okajima > Feb 2 2009 > > This version of AUFS has several purposes. > - to be reviewed easily and widely. > - to make the source files simpler and smaller by dropping several > original features. > > Through this work, I may find some bad things in original source code > and have a chance to fix them. Some of the dropped features will be > reverted in the future, but not all I'm afraid. > If you are using AUFS currently and don't need the dropped features, > then I'd recommend you to use this version. > > To Use This Version > - plain linux-2.6.27 > - apply all patches. > - make menuconfig, and enable CONFIG_AUFS_FS > - build your kernel, install and reboot. > - build aufs2-util and install. > + make variable: KDIR > specify your kernel source path > + make variable: DESTDIR > specify your install path. > some commands have to be installed under /sbin. > - almost all information about the CVS version are still valid, > except the dropped features and below. > > If you find something wrong, please let me know (or aufs-users ML). It > will be surely drive me ahead and really appriciated. > > ######################################## > > Changes from aufs2-base2 > - stop parsing colon ':' for some options. > - rename .wh..wh.tmp dir to .wh..wh.orph. > - change the order of mount options in /proc/mounts. > - refine the inode attribute and the getattr operation. > - enhance the truncate operation. > - revert the old approach to support FMODE_EXEC and deny_write_access() > which prohibits the write-acces to the executing binary. > - reallocate memory at del-branch. > - several internal enhancements and bugfixes > > Changes from aufs2-base1 > - NFS branch support (except atomic-open in NFSv4) > - aufs-util (with new ioctl) > - the module parameter 'brs' set to 1 by default. > - several internal enhancements > > Dropped features from the CVS version (aufs1) > - NFS branch > - NFS exporting > - detecting user's direct access to branch (udba=inotify) > - test only the highest one for the directory permission (dirperm1) > - show whiteout mode (shwh) > - copyup on open (coo=) > - being another aufs's readonly branch (robr) > - statistics of aufs thread (/sys/fs/aufs/stat) > - delegation mode (dlgt) > - intent.open/create (file open in a single lookup) > - etc...
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