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author | 2020-02-17 17:11:54 +0100 | |
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committer | 2020-03-02 14:01:28 -0700 | |
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docs: filesystems: convert btrfs.txt to ReST
Just trivial changes:
- Add a SPDX header;
- Add it to filesystems/index.rst.
While here, adjust document title, just to make it use the same
style of the other docs.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1ef76da4ac24a9a6f6187723554733c702ea19ae.1581955849.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d0904f602819 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===== +BTRFS +===== + +Btrfs is a copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced +features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. +Jointly developed by several companies, licensed under the GPL and open for +contribution from anyone. + +The main Btrfs features include: + + * Extent based file storage (2^64 max file size) + * Space efficient packing of small files + * Space efficient indexed directories + * Dynamic inode allocation + * Writable snapshots + * Subvolumes (separate internal filesystem roots) + * Object level mirroring and striping + * Checksums on data and metadata (multiple algorithms available) + * Compression + * Integrated multiple device support, with several raid algorithms + * Offline filesystem check + * Efficient incremental backup and FS mirroring + * Online filesystem defragmentation + +For more information please refer to the wiki + + https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org + +that maintains information about administration tasks, frequently asked +questions, use cases, mount options, comprehensible changelogs, features, +manual pages, source code repositories, contacts etc. |