Add more description in mke2fs's man page of the -T option

Addresses Debian Bug #316811

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 366a157ce8d4bb1bdd446a57854803d703bbd95f..ebad1c40fed0816c31e81dd5a68bbf295abbb284 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-12-09  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+       * mke2fs.8.in: Add more text describing the mke2fs -T option.
+               (Addresses Debian Bug #316811)
+
 2005-11-12  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
        * fsck.8.in: Add additional fsck.* programs to the SEE ALSO

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index 51e07ed03def4fc8c165bfe4f15182325b6cf04c..23362d6a2e1ef9459db216fa48d17edf75152a79 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -409,9 +409,16 @@ or there is no chance of recovery.
 .\" using the specified test.
 .TP
 .BI \-T " fs-type"
-Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that mke2fs can 
-chose optimal filesystem parameters for that use.  The supported
-filesystem types are:
+Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that 
+.B mke2fs 
+can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use.  Currently, the
+primary filesystem parameter which is manipulated is the number of
+inodes contained the filesystem, but in the future other filesystem
+parameters may also changed for specific filesystem usage scenarios.  If
+no filesystem type is specified, filesystem meant for general purpose
+use will be created, with default values for the blocksize, number of
+inodes, etc. based on the size of the filesystem to be created.  The
+supported filesystem types are:
 .RS 1.2i
 .TP 1.2i
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