[sles-beta] XFS and ACL....

[Matthias G. Eckermann]

Hello all,

On 2014-02-28 T 07:31 +1100 Darren Thompson wrote:
 
> Is there a tunefs type option to update the superblock
> version or is it a remove and re-create operation?

my understanding is that an update to the v5 superblock
will need a mkfs.xfs operation, but I might be wrong.
 
> Or was the availability of the V5 superblock just left
> out by accidental omission?

current status: the kernel in SLES 12 Beta1 could do v5
superblocks, but the tools don't do it. This won't be
fixed for Beta2, I think; investigation is ongoing.

so long -
	MgE


> On 28 February 2014 04:04, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:
> > On 2014-02-27 T 17:35 Stephan.Joerrens at gad.de wrote:
> >
> > > It is an new sles12 installation.
> > [...]
> > > Btw I ask the same years ago with sles 10/11. There
> > > was the answer that the limit can't easily changed.
> >
> > Yes, it needs a new superblock format for XFS, which we
> > could not introduce into SLE 10/11 easily.
> >
> > Now, while SLES 12 should  have the new superblock
> > format (it's v5), indeed "/home" is created with a v4
> > superblock also in my Beta1 test instance, and thus the
> > limitation is there.:-(
> >
> > Please file a Service Request thus this is officially
> > tracked (I had only informal discussions internally so
> > far).

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