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| author | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2023-09-25 19:59:51 -0400 |
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| committer | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2023-09-25 19:59:51 -0400 |
| commit | f998892a8f5ab46fcbcf10ffce4e2e3555ac811f (patch) | |
| tree | 93736b85633a9c317591e1ea870801a887462898 /FAQ.mdwn | |
| parent | 38c290df3203edba920d11d6a9a894d3c438f03a (diff) | |
More website updates
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
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@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@ Frequently Asked Questions - -## Does bcachefs support ACL/xattrs ? -Yes it supports both ACL and xattrs. - - ## Do I have to reformat my bcache drive to use the new bcachefs ? -To use the caching device (cdev) with the new bcachefs, you will need to reformat it. -In principle this should not be a problem, as they can be removed from a backing device (bdev/bcache). +To use the caching device (cdev) with the new bcachefs, you will need to +reformat it. In principle this should not be a problem, as they can be removed +from a backing device (bdev/bcache). -If you wish to reuse the backing device (bdev/bcache), you can't this is nolonger an option. +If you wish to reuse the backing device (bdev/bcache), you can't this is +nolonger an option. -If you wish to use bcachefs as a filesystem you will have to format the backing device (bdev/bcache) with -the new filesystem. +If you wish to use bcachefs as a filesystem you will have to format the +backing device (bdev/bcache) with the new filesystem. ## Does bcachefs still have the bcache caching functionality of block devices ? @@ -21,22 +18,20 @@ No. ## Where do I obtain statically linked bcachefs-tool (for use in initramfs) ? -You can either compile them yourself from source, -or refer to your distribution on how to obtain a statically linked set. +You can either compile them yourself from source, or refer to your +distribution on how to obtain a statically linked set. + +Statically linked programs have all the required dependencies compiled in. As +such, they require no external libraries at runtime. This does however +increase the size of the binary. -About: -Statically linked programs have all the required dependencies compiled in. -As such, they require no external libraries at runtime. -This does however increase the size of the binary. +## What is liburcu ? -##What is liburcu ? userspace RCU (read-copy-update) library [[http://lttng.org/urcu]] -##I get the error "tools-util.c:16:19: fatal error: blkid.h: No such file or directory": +## I get the error "tools-util.c:16:19: fatal error: blkid.h: No such file or directory": + You might need to add EXTRA_CFLAGS="-l/usr/include/blkid/" or where-ever your OS stores the blkid.h file. - - - |