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@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ It is designed as a better filesystem solution for the following scenarios:
immutable and bit-for-bit identical to the official golden image for
their releases due to security and other considerations and
- - hope to save some extra storage space with guaranteed end-to-end performance
- by using reduced metadata and transparent file compression, especially
- for those embedded devices with limited memory (ex, smartphone);
+ - hope to minimize extra storage space with guaranteed end-to-end performance
+ by using compact layout, transparent file compression and direct access,
+ especially for those embedded devices with limited memory and high-density
+ hosts with numerous containers;
Here is the main features of EROFS:
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ Here is the main features of EROFS:
- Support POSIX.1e ACLs by using xattrs;
- Support transparent data compression as an option:
- LZ4 algorithm with the fixed-sized output compression for high performance.
+ LZ4 algorithm with the fixed-sized output compression for high performance;
+
+ - Multiple device support for multi-layer container images.
The following git tree provides the file system user-space tools under
development (ex, formatting tool mkfs.erofs):
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ cache_strategy=%s Select a strategy for cached decompression from now on:
dax={always,never} Use direct access (no page cache). See
Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst.
dax A legacy option which is an alias for ``dax=always``.
+device=%s Specify a path to an extra device to be used together.
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On-disk details