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[News] Apple TV Can Now Boot Linux; New Linux Filesystem Available

New bootloader to boot Linux

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| Scott Davilla of the atv-bootloader project has informed me that a new 
| bootloader for Apple TV to boot Linux is now available. With this version, 
| kernel patches to the EFI are no longer required. Also, atv-bootloader can 
| now boot Linux from any mass storage device (including external USB device).   
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http://www.appletvhacks.net/2008/04/28/new-bootloader-to-boot-linux/

Btrfs v0.14 Released

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| Btrfs v0.14 is now available for download.  Please note the disk format has 
| changed, and it is not compatible with older versions of Btrfs.
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http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/29/557


Recent:

Btrfs 0.12, Performance Improvements

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| Btrfs was first announced in June of 2007, as an alpha-quality filesystem 
| offering checksumming of all files and metadata, extent based file storage, 
| efficient packing of small files, dynamic inode allocation, writable 
| snapshots, object level mirroring and striping, and fast offline filesystem 
| checks, among other features. The project's website explains, "Linux has a 
| wealth of filesystems to choose from, but we are facing a number of 
| challenges with scaling to the large storage subsystems that are becoming 
| common in today's data centers. Filesystems need to scale in their ability to 
| address and manage large storage, and also in their ability to detect, repair 
| and tolerate errors in the data stored on disk."         
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Btrfs_0.12_Performance_Improvements


Related:

Kernel space: a better btrfs

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| A powerful new filesystem for Linux already supports fast snapshots, 
| checksums for all data, and online resizing--and plans to add ZFS-style 
| built-in striping and mirroring.  
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/012208-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news


Btrfs Online Resizing, Ext3 Conversion, and More

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| Chris Mason announced version 0.10 of his new Btrfs filesystem, listing the 
| following new features, "explicit back references, online resizing (including 
| shrinking), in place conversion from Ext3 to Btrfs, data=ordered support, 
| mount options to disable data COW and checksumming, and barrier support for 
| sata and IDE drives".     
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Btrfs_Online_Resizing_Ext3_Conversion_and_More


Linux: Btrfs, File Data and Metadata Checksums

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| Chris Mason announced an early alpha release of his new Btrfs 
| filesystem, "after the last FS summit, I started working on a new 
| filesystem that maintains checksums of all file data and metadata." He 
| listed the following features as "mostly implemented": "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), checksums on  
| data and metadata (multiple algorithms available), very fast offline 
| filesystem check".        
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/8376


Interview: Chris Mason about Btrfs

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| Q: Several people might be interested what you think about ZFS, why you see a 
| need for Btrfs “despite of ZFS” (some people think ZFS is the solution for 
| everything for them).  
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|     Well, the short answer is that for Linux, there is no ZFS. I know about 
|     the FUSE port, but that isn’t a long term solution in terms of 
|     performance or enterprise workloads. ZFS has an impressive list of 
|     features (and clearly many happy users), but the real competition for 
|     Btrfs is other Linux filesystems.     
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/interview-chris-mason-about-btrfs/

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