https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c Martin Helm changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Documentation |Release Notes QAContact|ke@suse.com |coolo@suse.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c2 Andreas Jaeger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@suse.com --- Comment #2 from Andreas Jaeger 2011-11-29 09:13:52 UTC --- Matthias, Arvin, could you review the snippet above, please? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c4 --- Comment #4 from Martin Helm 2011-11-30 18:26:41 UTC --- IMHO the description in comment 3 fits perfect. I just would add at the end of the second paragraph For further information see btrfs.wiki.kernel.org -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c8 Karl Eichwalder changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High --- Comment #8 from Karl Eichwalder 2011-12-06 14:59:47 CET --- Thanks for feedback to all of you. Let's step forward, here now is my resulting proposal (only small change, I hope I got it right)--still feel free to send corrections or enhancements: Btrfs Btrfs is the next generation filesystem for Linux. As a preview of the new technology, you can create btrfs partitions or setup your whole system with btrfs. Note: The btrfs filesystem still lacks proper external check and repair tools (fsck) and thus in case of crashes, data recovery might not be possible. Thus we advise to not put critical data on the filesystem yet. For more information, see http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org. Btrfs contains many interesting new features, including the ability to take snapshots of your filesystem. This feature is already integrated into the openSUSE package management tools such as zypper and YaST. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c11 --- Comment #11 from Andreas Jaeger 2011-12-07 08:35:08 UTC --- I just read some articles about btrfs fixes for Linux 3.2. Martin's email (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2011-11/msg01682.html) mentioned the following quote from the btrfs main wiki page: "Note that Btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool that can fix errors. While Btrfs is stable on a stable machine, it is currently possible to corrupt a filesystem irrecoverably if your machine crashes or loses power on disks that don't handle flush requests correctly. This will be fixed when the fsck tool is ready." What about fixing the real bugs instead with looking at these: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1218615 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdif... Jeff, what do you think about backporting those to openSUSE 12.1? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c19 Matthias Eckermann changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|mge@suse.com | --- Comment #19 from Matthias Eckermann 2011-12-14 16:50:10 UTC --- Here my proposal for the Release Notes: <sect3 id="sec.121.btrfs"> <!-- bnc#733136 --> <title>Btrfs</title> <para> Btrfs is the next generation filesystem for Linux. As a preview of the new technology, you can create btrfs partitions or setup your whole system with btrfs. </para> <para> Note: The btrfs filesystem is in active development, and check and repair functionality ("scrub") has been added just recently. Thus we advice to carefully consider, which data to put on the filesystem, and follow the usual suggestions for redundancy and backup. For more information, see <ulink url="http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org"/>. </para> <para> Btrfs contains many interesting new features, including the ability to take snapshots of your filesystem. Snapshot and Rollback is supported by the tool snapper, and already integrated into the openSUSE package and system management tools such as zypper and YaST. </para> </sect3> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c23 --- Comment #23 from Matthias Eckermann 2011-12-15 11:35:17 UTC --- Some more advice and information regarding scrub: <sect3 id="sec.121.btrfs"> <!-- bnc#733136 --> <title>Btrfs</title> <para> Btrfs is the next generation filesystem for Linux. As a preview of the new technology, you can create btrfs partitions or setup your whole system with btrfs. </para> <para> Note: The btrfs filesystem is in active development, and check and repair functionality ("scrub") has been added just recently. "Scrub" is aimed to verify the data/metadata assuming the tree structures are fine; it can (and should) be run periodically on a mounted filesystem: it runs as a background process during normal operation. </para> <para> Thus we advice to carefully consider, which data to put on the filesystem, and follow the usual suggestions for redundancy and backup. For more information, see <ulink url="http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org"/>. </para> <para> Btrfs contains many interesting new features, including the ability to take snapshots of your filesystem. Snapshot and Rollback is supported by the tool snapper, and already integrated into the openSUSE package and system management tools such as zypper and YaST. </para> </sect3> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c25 --- Comment #25 from Karl Eichwalder 2011-12-15 13:40:33 CET --- (In reply to comment #23)

Some more advice and information regarding scrub:

Thanks, it is in; just minimal XML tagging differences: <sect3 id="sec.121.btrfs"> <!-- bnc#733136 --> <title>Btrfs</title> <para> Btrfs is the next generation filesystem for Linux. As a preview of the new technology, you can create btrfs partitions or setup your whole system with btrfs. </para> <para> Note: The btrfs filesystem is in active development, and check and repair functionality ("scrub") has been added just recently. "Scrub" is aimed to verify data and metadata assuming the tree structures are fine; it can (and should) be run periodically on a mounted filesystem: it runs as a background process during normal operation. </para> <para> Thus we advice to carefully consider, which data to put on the filesystem, and follow the usual suggestions for redundancy and backup. For more information, see <ulink url="http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org"/>. </para> <para> Btrfs contains many interesting new features, including the ability to take snapshots of your filesystem. Snapshot and rollback is supported by <command>snapper</command>, and already integrated into openSUSE package and system management tools such as <command>zypper</command> and YaST. </para> </sect3> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733136#c27 Karl Eichwalder changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #27 from Karl Eichwalder 2011-12-15 14:20:21 CET --- I'm about to submit it to 12.1:Update:Test and thus would like to close this report. If you still need it for tracking kernel or tool changes, I can clone it for you. Please reopen, if the release notes snippet needs updating. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.