mkfs.xfs.8: Clarify mkfs vs. mount block size limits.

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>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>

diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
index 1fe510b4e4a8ce068f82d0de79390b786e27b189..980c7bc7dab42f4b8a69797a603315fe5f80b7ec 100644 (file)
--- 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