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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2015-11-09 16:35:19 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2015-11-09 16:35:19 -0800
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Merge branch 'next/arm64' into next/dt
Merging in the few patches I had kept separate from main next/dt, since others got merged here directly. * next/arm64: arm64: defconfig: Enable PCI generic host bridge by default arm64: Juno: Add support for the PCIe host bridge on Juno R1 Documentation: of: Document the bindings used by Juno R1 PCIe host bridge arm64: dts: mt8173: Add clocks for SCPSYS unit arm64: dts: mt8173: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes + Linux 4.3-rc5
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@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ useless and be disabled, returning errors. So it is important to monitor
the amount of free space and expand the <COW device> before it fills up.
<persistent?> is P (Persistent) or N (Not persistent - will not survive
-after reboot).
-The difference is that for transient snapshots less metadata must be
-saved on disk - they can be kept in memory by the kernel.
+after reboot). O (Overflow) can be added as a persistent store option
+to allow userspace to advertise its support for seeing "Overflow" in the
+snapshot status. So supported store types are "P", "PO" and "N".
+
+The difference between persistent and transient is with transient
+snapshots less metadata must be saved on disk - they can be kept in
+memory by the kernel.
* snapshot-merge <origin> <COW device> <persistent> <chunksize>
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