Re: btrfsctl -A not returning useful information

Linda Knippers
2008-07-18T19:10:15Z

Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> Thanks Linda, I located the kernel message. Is it normal such issues
> are not tracked in the project's bugzilla:
> http://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=Btrfs
> which only contains 5 bugs ?!

I suppose it depends on whether its a bug with something that's
supposed to work or whether its a feature that's not quite
implemented yet. I think in this case, btrfsctl is providing
some basic capabilities to assist development and testing and
is quite likely to evolve, so to me this wasn't a bugzilla item.
Chris might have different advice though.

-- ljk
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com> wrote:
>> Ahmed Kamal wrote:
>>> [root@btrfs progs-unstable]# btrfsctl -A /dev/sdb
>>> ioctl returns 0
>>> [root@btrfs progs-unstable]# btrfsctl -A /dev/sdc
>>> ioctl returns 0
>>>
>>>
>>> /dev/sdb has a btrfs, while /dev/sdc is blank. What's that output
>>> supposed to mean ? Is it a bug ?
>> I think not so much of a bug as not completely implemented.
>> If you look in /var/log/messages or where every your kernel
>> messages go, you'll see information about the file system on
>> the device. At least that's how it worked for me.
>>
>> -- ljk
>>> --
>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in
>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>>