From 08079876e77b5f3fac81c093b33a297afb4dcb31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pascal Hambourg Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:48:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] misc: update mke2fs's man page regarding the default inode size Since a23b50cd ("mke2fs: warn about missing y2038 support when formatting fresh ext4 fs"), the default inode size is 256 bytes for all filesystems, including small and floppy, except for the Hurd since it currently only supports 128-byte inodes. Signed-off-by: Pascal Hambourg Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/E1rx4t4-00073d-1e@zenith Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- misc/mke2fs.8.in | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in index 1226231..5110159 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in @@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ The default inode size is controlled by the file. In the .B mke2fs.conf file shipped with e2fsprogs, the default inode size is 256 bytes for -most file systems, except for small file systems where the inode size -will be 128 bytes. +all file systems, except for the GNU Hurd since it only supports +128-byte inodes. .TP .B \-j Create the file system with an ext3 journal. If the -- 1.8.3.1