From: Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai@gmail.com>
To: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: btrfs on small (embedded) systems
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:54:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <977a2be20910162254m6beaa89ey20d29b5efc9b5f45@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AC0B077.6080809@wpkg.org>
Intel's Moblin (Moblie linux, www.moblin.org) has used btrfs as
default root filesystem, unless
the users choose other filesystems in the installer.
2009/9/28 Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>:
> FYI - I've been using btrfs with 2.6.31.1 kernel for a few days as a =
rootfs
> on a small mips system (ASUS WL-500gP - 32 MB RAM, 266 MHz CPU).
>
> btrfs filesystem is placed on a USB-stick connected to the device (in=
ternal
> flash only contains the kernel).
>
>
> My main motivation for using btrfs on this small system was compressi=
on this
> filesystem offers - flash storage is still prohibitively expensive wh=
en
> compared to traditional hard disks (i.e. 32 GB USB-stick costs as muc=
h as a
> 1 TB HDD).
>
>
> So far, everything looks fine, although I didn't try to stress it muc=
h (or
> use snapshots and/or make the filesystem full).
>
>
> Certainly one thing I'm missing in btrfs is the ability to use swapfi=
les -
> is it planned one day (or perhaps some serious surgery in MM would be=
needed
> first)?
>
>
> --
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> http://wpkg.org
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-17 5:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-28 12:47 btrfs on small (embedded) systems Tomasz Chmielewski
2009-10-17 5:54 ` Zhu Yanhai [this message]
2009-10-17 5:56 ` Zhu Yanhai
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