Some of these options could be enabled or disabled by default
in the system kernel. To check the current setting see the options
-in /proc/mounts.
+in /proc/mounts. Note that filesystems also have per-filesystem
+specific default mount options (see for example \fBtune2fs \-l\fP
+output for extN filesystems).
The following options apply to any filesystem that is being
mounted (but not every filesystem actually honors them \(en e.g.\&, the
.B defaults
Use default options:
.BR rw ", " suid ", " dev ", " exec ", " auto ", " nouser ", and " async.
+
+Note that the real set of the all default mount options depends on kernel
+and filesystem type. See the begin of this section for more details.
.TP
.B dev
Interpret character or block special devices on the filesystem.