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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-17 15:08:11 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-17 15:08:11 -0700 |
commit | 58617d5e59663d2edea03bd03cb74279827611bb (patch) | |
tree | 1b472f0ab43ae08fef5dea30b95592a005385686 /Documentation | |
parent | 26e9a397774a0e94efbb8a0bf4a952c28d808cab (diff) | |
parent | f287a1a56130be5fdb96a4a62d1290bd064f308e (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
ext4: Remove automatic enabling of the HUGE_FILE feature flag
ext4: Replace hackish ext4_mb_poll_new_transaction with commit callback
ext4: Update Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
ext4: Remove unused mount options: nomballoc, mballoc, nocheck
ext4: Remove compile warnings when building w/o CONFIG_PROC_FS
ext4: Add missing newlines to printk messages
ext4: Fix file fragmentation during large file write.
vfs: Add no_nrwrite_index_update writeback control flag
vfs: Remove the range_cont writeback mode.
ext4: Use tag dirty lookup during mpage_da_submit_io
ext4: let the block device know when unused blocks can be discarded
ext4: Don't reuse released data blocks until transaction commits
ext4: Use an rbtree for tracking blocks freed during transaction.
ext4: Do mballoc init before doing filesystem recovery
ext4: Free ext4_prealloc_space using kmem_cache_free
ext4: Fix Kconfig typo for ext4dev
ext4: Remove an old reference to ext4dev in Makefile comment
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index eb154ef36c2a..174eaff7ded9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -2,19 +2,24 @@ Ext4 Filesystem =============== -This is a development version of the ext4 filesystem, an advanced level -of the ext3 filesystem which incorporates scalability and reliability -enhancements for supporting large filesystems (64 bit) in keeping with -increasing disk capacities and state-of-the-art feature requirements. +Ext4 is an an advanced level of the ext3 filesystem which incorporates +scalability and reliability enhancements for supporting large filesystems +(64 bit) in keeping with increasing disk capacities and state-of-the-art +feature requirements. -Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org +Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org +Web site: http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org 1. Quick usage instructions: =========================== +Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be + found at the ext4 wiki site at the URL: + http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto + - Compile and install the latest version of e2fsprogs (as of this - writing version 1.41) from: + writing version 1.41.3) from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2406 @@ -36,11 +41,9 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/hda1 - Or configure an existing ext3 filesystem to support extents and set - the test_fs flag to indicate that it's ok for an in-development - filesystem to touch this filesystem: + Or to configure an existing ext3 filesystem to support extents: - # tune2fs -O extents -E test_fs /dev/hda1 + # tune2fs -O extents /dev/hda1 If the filesystem was created with 128 byte inodes, it can be converted to use 256 byte for greater efficiency via: @@ -104,8 +107,8 @@ exist yet so I'm not sure they're in the near-term roadmap. The big performance win will come with mballoc, delalloc and flex_bg grouping of bitmaps and inode tables. Some test results available here: - - http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/20080530/ffsb-write-2.6.26-rc2.html - - http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/20080530/ffsb-readwrite-2.6.26-rc2.html + - http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/20080818-ffsb/ffsb-write-2.6.27-rc1.html + - http://www.bullopensource.org/ext4/20080818-ffsb/ffsb-readwrite-2.6.27-rc1.html 3. Options ========== @@ -214,9 +217,6 @@ noreservation bsddf (*) Make 'df' act like BSD. minixdf Make 'df' act like Minix. -check=none Don't do extra checking of bitmaps on mount. -nocheck - debug Extra debugging information is sent to syslog. errors=remount-ro(*) Remount the filesystem read-only on an error. @@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ nobh (a) cache disk block mapping information "nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer heads (supported only for "writeback" mode). -mballoc (*) Use the multiple block allocator for block allocation -nomballoc disabled multiple block allocator for block allocation. stripe=n Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try to use for allocation size and alignment. For RAID5/6 systems this should be the number of data |