Excerpts from C Anthony Risinger's message of 2010-12-01 09:51:55 -0500: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > === How do we want subvolumes to work from a user perspective? === > > > > 1) Users need to be able to create their own subvolumes. ÂThe permission > > semantics will be absolutely the same as creating directories, so I don't think > > this is too tricky. ÂWe want this because you can only take snapshots of > > subvolumes, and so it is important that users be able to create their own > > discrete snapshottable targets. > > > > 2) Users need to be able to snapshot their subvolumes. ÂThis is basically the > > same as #1, but it bears repeating. > > could it be possible to convert a directory into a volume? or at > least base a snapshot off it? I'm afraid this turns into the same complexity as creating a new volume and copying all the files/dirs in by hand. -chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
