* btrfs versions compatibility and updates
@ 2014-01-13 17:47 Martin
2014-01-13 19:30 ` Calvin Walton
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From: Martin @ 2014-01-13 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
There's the very good idea of releasing the btrfs userspace tools with a
version number that matches the kernel version... Good to see a good
jump for what is considered 'stable'.
What is the policy for maintaining compatibility with whatever range of
kernel versions?
And what is the state of play now for the "Chris Mason" or whatever
latest 'stable' branch of btrfs on git?
In other words: Should we always update the btrfs userspace tools to the
latest even though we may be running one or two kernels behind that?...
Thanks,
Martin
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* Re: btrfs versions compatibility and updates
2014-01-13 17:47 btrfs versions compatibility and updates Martin
@ 2014-01-13 19:30 ` Calvin Walton
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From: Calvin Walton @ 2014-01-13 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin; +Cc: linux-btrfs
On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 17:47 +0000, Martin wrote:
> There's the very good idea of releasing the btrfs userspace tools with a
> version number that matches the kernel version... Good to see a good
> jump for what is considered 'stable'.
>
>
> What is the policy for maintaining compatibility with whatever range of
> kernel versions?
>
> And what is the state of play now for the "Chris Mason" or whatever
> latest 'stable' branch of btrfs on git?
>
>
> In other words: Should we always update the btrfs userspace tools to the
> latest even though we may be running one or two kernels behind that?...
In a recent thread on this mailing list:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/31536
it looks like the decision made was that the latest btrfs-progs should
support older kernels.
--
Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@kepstin.ca>
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