[patch] filesystems.5: original patch reworked

[patch] filesystems.5: original patch reworked

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

Hello Michael,

I reworked my original patch without including new file systems, pending your
opinion about my previous email.

Regards,

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filesystems.5: srcfix

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

Remove useless quotes

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man5/filesystems.5 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index 19e16a0..17b2fce 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ filesystem support under Linux.
 is a journaling filesystem, developed by IBM,
 that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.24.
 .TP
-.B "minix"
+.B minix
 is the filesystem used in the Minix operating system, the first to run
 under Linux.
 It has a number of shortcomings, including a 64MB partition size
-- 
2.1.4

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filesystems.5: Add cross references for ext filsystems

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man5/filesystems.5 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index 17b2fce..048c5cd 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -68,16 +68,19 @@ extended filesystem
 .B ext2
 offers the best performance (in terms of speed and CPU usage) of
 the filesystems supported under Linux.
+.RB See " ext2 " (5).
 .TP
 .B ext3
 is a journaling version of the ext2 filesystem.
 It is easy to
 switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3.
+.RB See " ext3 " (5).
 .TP
 .B ext4
 is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and
 reliability enhancements,
 plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits.
+.RB See " ext4 " (5).
 .TP
 .B hpfs
 is the High Performance Filesystem, used in OS/2.
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ The
 filesystem is no longer actively developed or maintained.
 It was removed from the kernel in 2.1.21.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR ext2 (5),
+.BR ext3 (5),
+.BR ext4 (5),
 .BR proc (5),
 .BR fsck (8),
 .BR mkfs (8),
-- 
2.1.4

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filesystems.5: ffix

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

All file systems in lowercase
Highlight all file systems citations

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man5/filesystems.5 | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index 048c5cd..f6ee334 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .nh
 .SH NAME
 filesystems \- Linux filesystem types: ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, hpfs, iso9660,
-JFS, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc, Reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat,
-XFS, xia
+jfs, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc, reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat,
+xfs, xia
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 When, as is customary, the
 .B proc
@@ -71,13 +71,18 @@ the filesystems supported under Linux.
 .RB See " ext2 " (5).
 .TP
 .B ext3
-is a journaling version of the ext2 filesystem.
+is a journaling version of the
+.B ext2
+filesystem.
 It is easy to
-switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3.
+switch back and forth between
+.BR ext2 " and " ext3 .
 .RB See " ext3 " (5).
 .TP
 .B ext4
-is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and
+is a set of upgrades to
+.B ext3
+including substantial performance and
 reliability enhancements,
 plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits.
 .RB See " ext4 " (5).
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ It is automatically recognized within the
 filesystem support under Linux.
 .RE
 .TP
-.B JFS
+.B jfs
 is a journaling filesystem, developed by IBM,
 that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.24.
 .TP
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ In particular, its files do not take disk space.
 See
 .BR proc (5).
 .TP
-.B Reiserfs
+.B reiserfs
 is a journaling filesystem, designed by Hans Reiser,
 that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.1.
 .TP
@@ -181,9 +186,10 @@ sacrificing compatibility with DOS.
 .TP
 .B vfat
 is an extended DOS filesystem used by Microsoft Windows95 and Windows NT.
-VFAT adds the capability to use long filenames under the MSDOS filesystem.
+.B vfat
+adds the capability to use long filenames under the MSDOS filesystem.
 .TP
-.B XFS
+.B xfs
 is a journaling filesystem, developed by SGI,
 that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.20.
 .TP
-- 
2.1.4

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filesystems.5: wfix

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

XIA filesystem Linux module name is xiafs

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man5/filesystems.5 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index f6ee334..dd9101a 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 filesystems \- Linux filesystem types: ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, hpfs, iso9660,
 jfs, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc, reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat,
-xfs, xia
+xfs, xiafs
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 When, as is customary, the
 .B proc
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ extending the Minix filesystem code.
 It provides the basic most
 requested features without undue complexity.
 The
-.B xia
+.B xiafs
 filesystem is no longer actively developed or maintained.
 It was removed from the kernel in 2.1.21.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-- 
2.1.4

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filesystems.5: Specifies the scope of this list and its limits.

[saulery-GANU6spQydw]

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
---
 man5/filesystems.5 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index dd9101a..040d2bd 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ In order to use a filesystem, you have to
 it; see
 .BR mount (8).
 
-Below a short description of a few of the available filesystems.
+Below a short description of the available or historically available
+filesystems in Linux kernel. See kernel documentation for a comprehensive
+description of all options and limitations.
 .TP 10
 .B ext
 is an elaborate extension of the
-- 
2.1.4

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Re: [patch] filesystems.5: original patch reworked

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 03/03/2015 10:21 PM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Hello Michael,
> 
> I reworked my original patch without including new file systems, pending your
> opinion about my previous email.

Hi Stéphane,

Something is wrong. None of these filesystems.5 patches apply to master.
Also, if these patches need to be applied in order (I'm not sure if they
do), it would be best to number them "[patch 1/5]" etc.

Cheers,

Michael


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Re: [patch] filesystems.5: original patch reworked

[Stéphane Aulery]

Hi Michael,

Le mercredi 04 mars 2015 à 06:42:57, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a écrit :
> On 03/03/2015 10:21 PM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> > Hello Michael,
> > 
> > I reworked my original patch without including new file systems, pending your
> > opinion about my previous email.
> 
> Hi Stéphane,
> 
> Something is wrong. None of these filesystems.5 patches apply to master.
> Also, if these patches need to be applied in order (I'm not sure if they
> do), it would be best to number them "[patch 1/5]" etc.

I forget to number them. I made them after a revert. I have maybe make a
mistake. I will rework them.

Regards,

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