On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 01:24:53PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Plus, it's 64 bit instead of 32 bit. The 256-bit algorithms are obviously
> much, much slower and probably not right for a default, but should we
> consider making xxhash the default for Fedora Linux systems with btrfs?
Does this affect what's on disk?
Yes; it changes the checksums stored with each block to be in the selected
format. This can only be changed at filesystem creation time.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader