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More Caveats

To: cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: More Caveats
From: Daniel Moore <dxm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:15:11 +1100
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
(the loopback item is mentioned already , but I think it should 
be more explicit - the first thing I tried to do with XFS was 
to get it going on a loopback mount)


* External logs

The current external log format is not compatible with IRIX 
and will be changed in the next release.

* Mounting on low-memory systems (~ < 64Mb)

Log mount/recovery may fail on low-memory systems. This problem
is fixed in the development version and will be fixed in the
next release.

* XFS_(UN)?IOC_RESVSP(64)? ioctls

There is a known problem with these ioctls and their use is not
recommended at the moment.

* XFS on loopback mount

XFS does not work on a loopback mount and will most likely cause
a kernel panic.

* fsr and growfs

Both the fsr and growfs tools are work-in-progress and as such
should not be used.

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