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Message-ID: <4C4BC3DB.5000008@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:55:55 -0500
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To: Chris Frost <chris@...stnet.net>
CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs.8.in: correct the sign of a block-size constraint.
Chris Frost wrote:
> Small but technical typo correction.
>
> There may be more preferred mark ups (e.g., no space between the negative
> sign and "block-sized") or expressions (e.g., absolute value instead of
> negation).
wow I didn't even know that behavior existed.
How about "If block-size is preceded by a negative sign ("-"), then mke2fs
will use heuristics to determine the appropriate block size, with the
constraint that the block size will be at least block-size bytes."
-Eric
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Frost <chris@...stnet.net>
> ---
> misc/mke2fs.8.in | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> index 45a99f8..05cfe17 100644
> --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ is negative, then
> .B mke2fs
> will use heuristics to determine the
> appropriate block size, with the constraint that the block size will be
> -at least
> +at least \-
> .I block-size
> bytes. This is useful for certain hardware devices which require that
> the blocksize be a multiple of 2k.
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