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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst index b97579b7d8fb..01df283c7d04 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst @@ -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. =================== ========================================================= On-disk details |