Christian Hesse
2008-12-01 21:10:17 UTC
According to the FAQ at http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ all
kernels downto 2.6.18 should be supported. I have tried to compile
against 2.6.18(Debian Kernel), 2.6.24(Debian Kernel), 2.6.26(Debian
Kernel), and 2.6.27(Ubuntu Kernel) and I have only been able to compile
successfully against 2.6.27. Is btrfs still trying to maintain backwards
compatibility with older version or is the focus on finilizing the on
disk format?
I think at the moment the focus is on finalizing the disk format. But as farkernels downto 2.6.18 should be supported. I have tried to compile
against 2.6.18(Debian Kernel), 2.6.24(Debian Kernel), 2.6.26(Debian
Kernel), and 2.6.27(Ubuntu Kernel) and I have only been able to compile
successfully against 2.6.27. Is btrfs still trying to maintain backwards
compatibility with older version or is the focus on finilizing the on
disk format?
as I know it is still planned to maintain backwards compatibility down to
2.6.18 for both, Debian Etch and RedHat Enterprise Linux.
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Regards,
Chris
Regards,
Chris