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		chasil on Aug 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ⁠Btrfs has been deprecated in RHEL Any BtrFS filesystems in /etc/fstab won't mount if/when an RHCK boots that lacks the filesystem driver. An in-place upgrade from v7 to v8 could easily get hosed.

bonzini on Aug 3, 2017 [–]

Does Oracle support Btrfs (as opposed to making it just a tech preview) with the compatible kernel? I don't think so, since it's the same code as RHEL. And if not, hosing in-place upgrades is acceptable. RHEL 7 is supported until 2024.

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