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Overview

Linux includes several general purpose file systems with native zoned block device support.

Supported File Systems

The list of Linux file systems with native zoned block device support is as follows.

These general purpose file systems are recommended for applications that cannot be easily modified to use a zoned block device directly.

In addition to these file systems, the Linux kernel also provides the zonefs file system as an alternative interface for using zoned block device files directly. Unlike the general purpose file systems listed above, zonefs exposes the sequential write constraint of the device zones to the user and thus mandates using a zone compliant application.

Other File Systems

File systems lacking native support for zoned block devices can be used together with the dm-zoned device mapper.