From: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
To: Mitch Harder <mitch.harder@sabayonlinux.org>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Btrfs-progs: Update man page for mixed data+metadata option.
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:10:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101111021034.GA6911@dhcp231-156.rdu.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1289412138-8049-1-git-send-email-mitch.harder@sabayonlinux.org>
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:02:18PM -0600, Mitch Harder wrote:
> Update the mkfs.btrfs man page for the -M option to mix data and
> metadata chunks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mitch Harder <mitch.harder@sabayonlinux.org>
> ---
> man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in | 5 +++++
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in b/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in
> index 1e14c6c..c23dddc 100644
> --- a/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in
> +++ b/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mkfs.btrfs \- create an btrfs filesystem
> [ \fB \-l\fP\fI leafsize\fP ]
> [ \fB \-L\fP\fI label\fP ]
> [ \fB \-m\fP\fI metadata profile\fP ]
> +[ \fB \-M\fP\fI mixed data+metadata\fP ]
> [ \fB \-n\fP\fI nodesize\fP ]
> [ \fB \-s\fP\fI sectorsize\fP ]
> [ \fB \-h\fP ]
> @@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ Specify a label for the filesystem.
> Specify how metadata must be spanned across the devices specified. Valid
> values are raid0, raid1, raid10 or single.
> .TP
> +\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-mixed\fR
> +Mix data and metadata chunks together for more efficient space
> +utilization.
> +.TP
> \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nodesize \fIsize\fR
> Specify the nodesize. By default the value is set to the pagesize.
> .TP
> --
> 1.7.2.2
Let's mention that it's for smaller filesystems since it has a significant
performance impact when using mixed block groups on larger filesystems. Thanks,
Josef
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-11 2:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-10 18:02 Btrfs-progs: Update man page for mixed data+metadata option Mitch Harder
2010-11-11 2:10 ` Josef Bacik [this message]
2010-11-11 3:53 ` Mitch Harder
2010-11-11 3:59 ` C Anthony Risinger
2010-11-11 12:52 ` Josef Bacik
2010-11-12 6:47 ` Chris Samuel
2010-11-12 7:41 ` Josef Bacik
2010-11-12 10:44 ` Mike Fedyk
2010-11-12 14:28 ` Marek Otahal
2010-11-12 16:56 ` Mike Fedyk
2010-11-15 16:28 ` Mitch Harder
2010-11-12 15:59 ` Mitch Harder
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