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| author | Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> | 2014-01-24 17:55:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> | 2014-01-24 17:55:21 +0100 |
| commit | b871866e4aa3f44b10f0f0ce004cc4635c2e58a5 (patch) | |
| tree | 49407c1bf0062d0c523432b1db8b76cd59eb913a /Documentation | |
| parent | 9P: introduction of a new cache=mmap model. (diff) | |
| download | linux-b871866e4aa3f44b10f0f0ce004cc4635c2e58a5.tar.xz linux-b871866e4aa3f44b10f0f0ce004cc4635c2e58a5.zip | |
9p: update documentation
quick pass to update the documentation to include instructions for
the new cache=mmap mode as well as clean up some out-of-date bits.
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index 2c0321442845..fec7144e817c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ OPTIONS offering several exported file systems. cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used. + none = default no cache policy, metadata and data + alike are synchronous. loose = no attempts are made at consistency, intended for exclusive, read-only mounts - fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only + fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only cache backend. + mmap = minimal cache that is only used for read-write + mmap. Northing else is cached, like cache=none debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask. 0x01 = display verbose error messages @@ -147,8 +151,7 @@ on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). News and other information is maintained on a Wiki. (http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php). -Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla -(http://bugzilla.kernel.org) +Bug reports are best issued via the mailing list. For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 @@ -156,11 +159,3 @@ http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 For information on Plan 9 from User Space (Plan 9 applications and libraries ported to Linux/BSD/OSX/etc) check out http://swtch.com/plan9 - -STATUS -====== - -The 2.6 kernel support is working on PPC and x86. - -PLEASE USE THE KERNEL BUGZILLA TO REPORT PROBLEMS. (http://bugzilla.kernel.org) - |