Sorry i think i got it now. Please correct me if i'm wrong. It doesn't mean that i can't use or don't use this feature it simply is an info for older versions that it shouldn't use it if it isn't aware of the feature.
Stefan Priebe - allied internet ag schrieb: > Hi! > > Thanks for your answer but i'm still a little bit confused. > > I'm running ocfs2 tools git HEAD (middle of may) on each machine with a > 2.6.32.12 kernel. Also the disk was formatted using: > mkfs.ocfs2 --fs-feature-level=max-features -L ocfs2disk -N 10 -T mail -v > /dev/sdb > > So i thought that i can now use features like unwritten, inline-data and > indexed-dirs. > > Stefan > > Sunil Mushran schrieb: >> On 06/01/2010 04:06 AM, Stefan Priebe - allied internet ag wrote: >> >> <snip> >>> Feature Compat: 3 backup-super strict-journal-super >>> Feature Incompat: 8016 sparse extended-slotmap inline-data >>> metaecc xattr indexed-dirs refcount >>> Tunefs Incomplete: 0 >>> Feature RO compat: 1 unwritten >>> >> <snip> >> >>> But why is inline-data, indexed-dirs and so on incompatible? >> incompat means that a version of the fs not aware of this feature >> should not mount the fs. And that fsck should abort. Users encountering >> this error need to mount the fs with a newer version of the fs. Or, use >> tunefs.ocfs2 to disable that feature. >> >> Similarly, ro compat features means that a version of the fs not aware >> of the feature can mount fs in read-only mode only. >> >> As to which feature is incompat/ro/compat is a function of the disk format >> change involved. Changes that do not negatively affect the functioning when >> mounted with an older version are "compat". Changes that will corrupt the >> fs if mounted with an older version are "incompat". "ro compat" are changes >> that will work as long as the older fs does not write to it. > > _______________________________________________ > Ocfs2-users mailing list > Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users
