OverlayFS and its use in Yocto Project - Vyacheslav Yurkov, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG
Channel: The Linux Foundation
Date: 08/10/2022

OverlayFS and its use in Yocto Project - Vyacheslav Yurkov, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG

Is your root file system read-only for whatever reason, but you still need RW access to certain directories? Perhaps also store application files between reboots? OverlayFS could be one of the solutions to this problem. In his talk Vyacheslav will share his experience on how OverlayFS can come in handy and cover its various use cases in Yocto Project. He will also provides some thoughts on designing the system that utilizes this feature, as well as try to demonstrate the limitations and corner cases.