From e67670c32cbec23b35de2725a5b6ad8d3d3568f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:48:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Fix mke2fs man page regarding 128-byte default inode size Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- misc/mke2fs.8.in | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in index 6b394a5..14c3ca5 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in @@ -248,16 +248,16 @@ correct value for this parameter. .BI \-I " inode-size" Specify the size of each inode in bytes. .B mke2fs -creates 128-byte inodes by default. In kernels after 2.6.10 and some -earlier vendor kernels it is possible to utilize larger inodes to store +creates 256-byte inodes by default. In kernels after 2.6.10 and some +earlier vendor kernels it is possible to utilize inodes larger than +128-bytes to store extended attributes for improved performance. The .I inode-size value must be a power of two larger or equal to 128. The larger the .I inode-size the more space the inode table will consume, and this reduces the usable -space in the filesystem and can also negatively impact performance. Using -the default value is always safe, though it may be desirable to use 256-byte -inodes if full backward compatibility is not a concern. Extended attributes +space in the filesystem and can also negatively impact performance. +Extended attributes stored in large inodes are not visible with older kernels, and such filesystems will not be mountable with 2.4 kernels at all. It is not possible to change this value after the filesystem is created. -- 1.8.3.1