From: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>
To: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] erofs-utils: README: trivial updates
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 13:50:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210522055057.25004-1-xiang@kernel.org> (raw)
- update erofs naming to EROFS;
- add some words about compression levels;
- add more description about legacy EROFS images.
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>
---
README | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
index b57550b2a09e..bcf30e11aa52 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
erofs-utils
===========
-erofs-utils includes user-space tools for erofs filesystem.
+erofs-utils includes user-space tools for EROFS filesystem.
Currently mkfs.erofs and erofsfuse (experimental) are available.
Dependencies & build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ as well.
mkfs.erofs
----------
-two main kinds of erofs images can be generated: (un)compressed.
+two main kinds of EROFS images can be generated: (un)compressed.
- For uncompressed images, there will be none of compression
files in these images. However, it can decide whether the tail
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ two main kinds of erofs images can be generated: (un)compressed.
saved with compression. If not, fallback to an uncompressed
file.
-How to generate erofs images
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+How to generate EROFS images (Linux 5.3+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Currently lz4 and lz4hc are available for compression, e.g.
$ mkfs.erofs -zlz4hc foo.erofs.img foo/
@@ -70,17 +70,24 @@ Currently lz4 and lz4hc are available for compression, e.g.
Or leave all files uncompressed as an option:
$ mkfs.erofs foo.erofs.img foo/
-How to generate legacy erofs images
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In addition, you could specify a higher compression level to get a
+(slightly) better compression ratio than the default level, e.g.
+ $ mkfs.erofs -zlz4hc,12 foo.erofs.img foo/
+
+How to generate legacy EROFS images (Linux 4.19+)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Decompression inplace and compacted indexes have been introduced in
linux-5.3, which are not forward-compatible with older kernels.
-In order to generate _legacy_ erofs images for old kernels,
+In order to generate _legacy_ EROFS images for old kernels,
consider adding "-E legacy-compress" to the command line, e.g.
$ mkfs.erofs -E legacy-compress -zlz4hc foo.erofs.img foo/
+For Linux kernel >= 5.3, legacy EROFS images are _NOT recommended_
+due to runtime performance loss compared with non-legacy images.
+
Obsoleted erofs.mkfs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ PLEASE NOTE: This version is highly _NOT recommended_ now.
erofsfuse (experimental, unstable)
----------------------------------
-erofsfuse is introduced to support erofs format for various platforms
+erofsfuse is introduced to support EROFS format for various platforms
(including older linux kernels) and new on-disk features iteration.
It can also be used as an unpacking tool for unprivileged users.
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ and build it manually:
erofsfuse binary will be generated under fuse folder.
-How to mount an erofs image with erofsfuse
+How to mount an EROFS image with erofsfuse
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the other FUSE implementations, it's quite simple to mount with
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ To unmount an erofsfuse mountpoint as a non-root user:
Contribution
------------
-erofs-utils is under GPLv2+ as a part of erofs project,
+erofs-utils is under GPLv2+ as a part of EROFS filesystem project,
feel free to send patches or feedback to us.
To:
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ Cc:
Comments
--------
-[1] According to the erofs on-disk format, the tail block of files
+[1] According to the EROFS on-disk format, the tail block of files
could be inlined aggressively with its metadata in order to reduce
the I/O overhead and save the storage space (called tail-packing).
--
2.20.1
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