[PATCH v2 1/6] dax: Add block size note to documentation

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Jul 03 2015 - 10:41:00 EST


From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For block devices which are small enough, mkfs will default to creating
a filesystem with block sizes smaller than page size.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
index baf4111..7af2851 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ Usage
-----

If you have a block device which supports DAX, you can make a filesystem
-on it as usual. When mounting it, use the -o dax option manually
-or add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.
+on it as usual. The DAX code currently only supports files with a block
+size equal to your kernel's PAGE_SIZE, so you may need to specify a block
+size when creating the filesystem. When mounting it, use the "-o dax"
+option on the command line or add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.


Implementation Tips for Block Driver Writers
--
2.1.4

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