linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 8/8] Documentation/dax: Update DAX enablement for ext4

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:00:30 -0700
From:   ira.weiny@...el.com
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC 8/8] Documentation/dax: Update DAX enablement for ext4

From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

Update the document to reflect ext4 and xfs now behave the same.

Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt | 13 +------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
index af14c1b330a9..5f28b22d2815 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
@@ -22,18 +22,7 @@ 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 file system.
 
-Currently 2 filesystems support DAX, ext4 and xfs.  Enabling DAX on them is
-different at this time.
-
-Enabling DAX on ext4
---------------------
-
-When mounting the filesystem, use the "-o dax" option on the command line or
-add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.
-
-
-Enabling DAX on xfs
--------------------
+Currently 2 filesystems support DAX, ext4 and xfs.
 
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