Re: [PATCH] mkfs.xfs.8: Clarify mkfs vs. mount block size limits.

[Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 06:07:32PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> The current explanation is a bit vague to the uninitiated;
> clarify the text to make it obvious that while the mkfs.xfs
> utility is able to create valid filesystems with block sizes
> up to 65536, the Linux kernel can only mount filesystems with
> page sized or smaller blocks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>

> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> index 1fe510b..980c7bc 100644
> --- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> +++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> @@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ or in bytes with
>  .BR size= .
>  The default value is 4096 bytes (4 KiB), the minimum is 512, and the
>  maximum is 65536 (64 KiB).
> -XFS on Linux currently only supports pagesize or smaller blocks.
> +Although
> +.B mkfs.xfs
> +will accept any of these values and create a valid filesystem,
> +XFS on Linux can only mount filesystems with pagesize or smaller blocks.
>  .TP
>  .BI \-m " global_metadata_options"
>  These options specify metadata format options that either apply to the entire
> 
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