From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EFDF7F37 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2016 07:13:29 -0600 (CST) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018CC304039 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2016 05:13:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 4c8YEloZFqmn4H2H (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2016 05:13:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC7D18CB55 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:13:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:13:26 -0500 From: Brian Foster Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkfs.xfs.8: Clarify mkfs vs. mount block size limits. Message-ID: <20160123131326.GB2795@bfoster.bfoster> References: <56A02144.9030206@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56A02144.9030206@redhat.com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Eric Sandeen Cc: dwysocha@redhat.com, xfs@oss.sgi.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 > --- Reviewed-by: Brian Foster > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@oss.sgi.com > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs