Re: [PATCH 1/1] Update mount options for UDF

["Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>]

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On Sunday 06 May 2018 12:35:02 Michael Kerrisk (man-opages) wrote:
> On 02/28/2018 11:03 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Wednesday 28 February 2018 14:32:20 Jan Kara wrote:
> > > On Wed 28-02-18 14:08:28, Karel Zak wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:44:07PM -0600, Steve Kenton wrote:
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Steve Kenton <skenton@ou.edu>
> > > > > Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   sys-utils/mount.8 | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> > > > >   1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > Applied, thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > Jan, what about to create udf(5) man page? We already have fs-specific
> > > > man pages (e.g. ext4, tmpfs, nfs, btrfs, ...). It's usually maintained
> > > > within fs-specific tools (e.g. ext4 -> e2fsprogs) or together with
> > > > standard man-pages (CC: to Michael).
> > > 
> > > I'm fine with that. Pali is actually the maintainer of udf-tools so if he
> > > is willing to take the manpage there, it's probably the best place.
> > 
> > Is udftools the best place for kernel udf mount options? Because
> > userspace udftools are not needed for kernel udf driver, nor for
> > mounting existing udf filesystem.
> > 
> > For me it looks like that kernel drivers should have its documentation
> > in kernel itself...
> 
> [way late to the party...]
> 
> Or, better, in a man page that describes the kernel interface :-).
> Many other filesystems have by now Section 5 pages in the man-pages package
> that I maintain. A udf(5) page that describes the mount options that the
> kernel supports for UDF would be best, and I think best lives inside
> "man-pages" because it is kernel interface stuff.

Ok, that sounds good.

> Or, did such a page already land in udf-tools?

No, there is no such manpage.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com

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