From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Frost <chris@frostnet.net>, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] mke2fs.8.in: clarify the sign of a block-size constraint.
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:40:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100731004058.GD31324@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C51B37E.4020404@redhat.com>
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:59:42AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> This bit of the mke2fs manpage is slightly confusing:
>
> -b block-size
> Specify the size of blocks in bytes. <snip>
> If block-size is negative, then mke2fs will use heuristics
> to determine the appropriate block size, with the constraint
> that the block size will be at least block-size bytes.
>
> because it sounds like the block size will be at least a negative
> number. Clarify just what the negative sign means.
>
> Reported-by: Chris Frost <chris@frostnet.net>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Applied, thanks.
- Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-31 0:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-24 22:01 [PATCH] mke2fs.8.in: correct the sign of a block-size constraint Chris Frost
2010-07-25 4:55 ` Eric Sandeen
2010-07-29 4:11 ` Chris Frost
2010-07-29 16:59 ` [PATCH V2] mke2fs.8.in: clarify " Eric Sandeen
2010-07-31 0:40 ` Ted Ts'o [this message]
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