From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>,
David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>, Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.de>
Cc: btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Idea on compatibility for old distributions
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 15:23:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ff2d7c7e-26c7-46dd-1372-b40e79f53b88@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d527a25c-c1f5-1329-1ed7-c84229a50251@cn.fujitsu.com>
On 5/9/16 8:16 PM, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> Hi David, Mark,
>
> In the recent test for new btrfs-convert backward compatibility, I
> found that cmds-fi-du.c uses FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED bits, which is not
> present in kernel of old distributions like RHEL6 (Sorry, didn't test
> on openSUSE equivalent).
There is really no need to invest in compatibility with such old
distros IMHO. As Phoronix breathlessly points out today, the tech preview
of btrfs in RHEL6 has ended, and it is now deprecated in RHEL6.
RHEL6-era btrfs was an interesting experiment, but it is one that will
not continue.
Thanks,
-Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-10 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-10 1:16 Idea on compatibility for old distributions Qu Wenruo
2016-05-10 1:52 ` Mark Fasheh
2016-05-10 2:04 ` Qu Wenruo
2016-05-10 20:23 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
[not found] ` <15f7b634-f173-d73f-5c17-8d9294f1efd7@cn.fujitsu.com>
[not found] ` <20160512083755.GJ29353@suse.cz>
2016-05-12 8:51 ` Qu Wenruo
2016-05-12 9:22 ` David Sterba
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