From f5bd7b882266cc52564f63ae02af4d0de446b313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matteo Croce Date: Mar 24 2025 14:53:49 +0000 Subject: add RPM CoW documentation --- diff --git a/docs/content/repositories/experimental.md b/docs/content/repositories/experimental.md index 9205c34..0f08a75 100644 --- a/docs/content/repositories/experimental.md +++ b/docs/content/repositories/experimental.md @@ -15,10 +15,22 @@ packages on our [package-bugs](https://pagure.io/centos-sig-hyperscale/package-bugs) tracker. ## DNF/RPM stack with CoW support -An updated packaging stack (`rpm`, `dnf`, `libdnf`, `librepo`) is available in -the repository. These packages include several improvements and bugfixes to -support the ongoing -[Copy-on-Write](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPMCoW) work. +CentOS Hyperscale SIG is working on enabling Copy-on-Write (CoW) support in +the DNF/RPM stack. This is currently present in the experimental repository +but not enabled by default. +To actually use it, you need to install the packages `rpm-plugin-reflink` and +`python3-dnf-plugin-cow`. + +Then CoW must be enabled by putting this in `/etc/dnf/plugins/reflink.conf` + +```ini +[main] +enabled=1 +``` + +The only supported filesystems are `BtrFS` and `XFS` at the moment. +More informations about this work can be found at: +[Copy-on-Write](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPMCoW). ## Kernel We have a 5.12.4 release of the [Linux kernel](https://kernel.org) currently