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dax: Add block size note to documentation

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@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Matthew Wilcox 10 tahun lalu
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      Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt

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Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ Usage
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 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