Linux kernel 6.7 has been released, including support for the new next-gen copy-on-write (COW) bcachefs file system. The Register reports: Linus Torvalds announced the release on Sunday, noting that it is “one of the largest kernel releases we’ve ever had.”
Bcache file system file system /s
I guess I’m too dumb for their git. Where can I find a list of open issues?
I meant specifically bcachefs, but I guess it is also there somewhere under the IO/Storage product.
Thanks for pointing me to bugzilla. :)
It says it has “extended attributes”, does that mean it can work like befs? Because that would be kind of funny, also useful.
Most filesystems (I’d say all the relatively modern ones?) have extended attributes.
I know, I just miss befs. 😢
Extended attributes just means that it supports storing extra information for each file. Those are used for (IIRC) ACLs, SELinux labelling and similar use cases that filesystems do not support explicitly. Basically it is a way to decouple the filesystem implementations from the details of those higher level use cases so those can change things up without changing every single filesystem implementation.
I remember Linus saying once the kernel gets so big they will release the next version so 7.0 is coming soon?
That’s a link to a nearly 6 year old article
Wasn’t the version benchmarked by phoronix actually a debug build which has lowered performance? Here is their updated benchmark which looks more promising: https://www.phoronix.com/review/bcachefs-benchmarks-linux67/2
