From e62e43e76e832a9f28327e781e0338403d323ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Elsayed Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:34:24 -0800 Subject: Add some more wishlist items around conversion --- Todo.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Todo.mdwn') diff --git a/Todo.mdwn b/Todo.mdwn index 51065c5..21b6bdf 100644 --- a/Todo.mdwn +++ b/Todo.mdwn @@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ pressure * Caveat: May need careful thinking if the kernel assumes it can write directly if DAX is supported; getting checksums invalidated would suck. + * Support converting filesystems not just to bcachefs volumes, but to image + files _on_ bcachefs volumes (and once reflinks are in, to both at once) + * Support "adopting" devices, by importing their content _into_ an existing + filesystem using the existing extents on the old device. In theory, could + supplant "adding a cache" in a minimally-invasive way. + * Add a bcachefs command to export a path as a block device (satisfy some + bcache use cases that bcachefs is clumsy for today, and in combination + with the above two items may make migration from other filesystems easier) [AESSIV]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5297 [secdel]: https://lwn.net/Articles/462437/ -- cgit v1.2.3