On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 10:36:00AM +0100, Carlos Maiolino wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 09:18:23AM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > On 12.12.19 19:38, Damien Le Moal wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > zonefs is a very simple file system exposing each zone of a zoned block > > > device as a file. Unlike a regular file system with zoned block device > > > support (e.g. f2fs or the on-going btrfs effort), zonefs does not hide > > > the sequential write constraint of zoned block devices to the user. > > > > Just curious: what's the exact definition of "zoned" here ? > > Something like partitions ? > > Zones inside a SMR HDD. > Btw, Zoned devices concept are not limited on HDDs only. I'm not sure now if the patchset itself also targets SMR devices or is more focused on Zoned SDDs, but well, the limitation where each zone can only be written sequentially still applies. -- Carlos
