From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:03:27 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Document the resize_inode filesystem option in mke2fs man page
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Document the resize_inode filesystem option in mke2fs man page

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index 23362d6a2..2221a7deb 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ option).
 @JDEV@must be created with the same
 @JDEV@block size as the filesystems that will be using it.
 .TP
+.B resize_inode
+Reserve space so the block group descriptor table may grow in the future.
+Useful for online resizing using 
+.BR resize2fs .
+By default 
+.B mke2fs
+will attempt to reserve enough space so that the
+filesystem may grow to 1024 times its initial size.  This can be changed
+using
+.B resize
+extended option.
+.TP
 .B sparse_super
 Create a filesystem with fewer superblock backup copies
 (saves space on large filesystems).