Hallo, Hugo, Du meintest am 06.12.10:
>>> Can you try that again with either the latest 2.6.37-rc, or with >>> the btrfs-unstable kernel? There's a bug in earlier versions that >>> breaks the reporting of RAID types, which is what I wanted to see >>> here. >> Compiling 2.6.37-rc is no big problem, it only needs som time. Compiling runs .. >>>> And I don't dare running "balance" again - maybe it reduces the >>>> available space again and again. >>> If you've hit the bug I think you have, then yes, it will. >> Hmm - it can't get worse ... >> If the error is related to the kernel or to the btrfs version and I >> try a newer one: can that lead to more free space? > Not yet. I've taken the whole of December off work (using up my > leave allocation for last year), and my plan is to get myself to the > point where I can understand enough of the code to fix this > particular problem. I love such vacancies planning ... If/when I install 2.6.37-rc4: should I update btrfs (from the 20101117 version)? How can I see that changing the kernel makes things better? It's more and more difficult to externalize (?) btrfs directories to other disks ... Viele Gruesse! Helmut -- 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
