On Monday 01 December 2008, Lee Trager wrote: > According to the FAQ at http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ all > kernels downto 2.6.18 should be supported. I have tried to compile > against 2.6.18(Debian Kernel), 2.6.24(Debian Kernel), 2.6.26(Debian > Kernel), and 2.6.27(Ubuntu Kernel) and I have only been able to compile > successfully against 2.6.27. Is btrfs still trying to maintain backwards > compatibility with older version or is the focus on finilizing the on > disk format?
I think at the moment the focus is on finalizing the disk format. But as far as I know it is still planned to maintain backwards compatibility down to 2.6.18 for both, Debian Etch and RedHat Enterprise Linux. -- Regards, Chris _______________________________________________ Btrfs-devel mailing list [email protected] http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/btrfs-devel
