On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:22:08AM +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > >> For btrfs to be accepted as a primary filesystem in major distros, I'd > >> think it should integrate with existing tools. > > > > Well, fortunately or unfortunately, btrfs is already being accepted as a > > primary fs in major distros. > > Interesting - which ones is it that's doing this?
openSUSE 13.2 started with btrfs as default for the root filesystem, while it has been an installation option in previous versions. SLES 12 goes for btrfs as default for the root filesystem and xfs for the data partitions. [...] > > Maturity of the filesystem, again... > > hehe That's the most frequently raised point. The enterprise kernel gets more attention regarding backporting the fixes to an old codebase, you can find fixes from very recent upstream versions. The kernel development is open for current and upcoming products, you can see the tree broken out to separate patches at http://kernel.suse.com . The upstream kernel has a different release cycle and adds features together with bugfixes, sometimes not all the fixes make it to the major release. Then it's usually fixed via the stable releases. The enterprise kernel can afford to skip most of the features and backport only relevant fixes. Stability of such kernel is different from the upstream one, not only because of btrfs but also because of tons of new code in other subsystems. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
