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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2006-05-28 23:26:14 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2006-05-28 23:26:14 -0400
commit364f94107aa8f59fda0fbca1fafe7586d4737552 (patch)
treea8601a2da5aba1b6d6d73feebfa518a9f956e353 /misc
parent816ed71416f26f65b06afd119ce82ab9956446ce (diff)
downloade2fsprogs-364f94107aa8f59fda0fbca1fafe7586d4737552.tar.gz
Clarify -T option of mke2fs in its man page
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
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+2006-05-28 Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+ * mke2fs.8.in (types): Clarify -T option description.
+
2006-05-22 Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
* mke2fs.conf: Make new filesystems with the following features
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index 7f196997..dcec5528 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -439,10 +439,11 @@ or there is no chance of recovery.
.BI \-T " fs-type"
Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that
.B mke2fs
-can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use, as defined
-filesystem type configuration settings found in the
-.BR /etc/mke2fs.conf (5)
-file.
+can choose optimal filesystem parameters for that use. The filesystem
+types that are can be supported are defined in the configuration file
+.BR /etc/mke2fs.conf (5).
+The default configuration file contains definitions for the filesystem
+types: small, floppy, news, largefile, and largefile4.
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose execution.