I would expect that the path being taking with the iPad Pro series could lead to multiple volumes, among other things making the iPad more like a “computer”.
But, I would not make product plans for near term based on that thought. Jim James R. Cutler james.cut...@consultant.com GPG keys: hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net > On May 6, 2019, at 4:33 PM, Thomas Tempelmann <tempelm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The think that most closely resembles the HFS catalog isn't shared amongst > volumes. > > But it is. There is one btree for all volumes in a container (well, > technically, there are two btrees, one for the IDs and one for the actual > file catalog, but both are shared over all vols). > > clonefile(2) has the same restriction as link(2) and rename(2), it has to be > done within the same volume/mounted filesystem. > > So that's an API restriction, but not a technically necessary one on APFS, > IMO. I guess APFS was created with iOS in mind, where we do not have multiple > volumes, so no one gave this a second thought. It's a shame, as it could have > some great savings when sharing volumes in some situations like the one I > described. Still, it's a niche, and so I'm not hopeful this will get > improved. Sigh. > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Filesystem-dev mailing list (Filesystem-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/filesystem-dev/james.cutler%40consultant.com > > This email sent to james.cut...@consultant.com
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