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diff --git a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man8/mkfs.btrfs.8 b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man8/mkfs.btrfs.8 index 7bc9f86d..1aff6876 100644 --- a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man8/mkfs.btrfs.8 +++ b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man8/mkfs.btrfs.8 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. -.TH "MKFS.BTRFS" "8" "Jan 09, 2024" "6.6.3" "BTRFS" +.TH "MKFS.BTRFS" "8" "Mar 10, 2024" "6.7.1" "BTRFS" .SH NAME mkfs.btrfs \- create a btrfs filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -163,10 +163,23 @@ Versions up to 3.11 set the nodesize to 4KiB. .B \-s|\-\-sectorsize <size> Specify the sectorsize, the minimum data block allocation unit. .sp -The default value is the page size and is autodetected. If the sectorsize -differs from the page size, the created filesystem may not be mountable by the -running kernel. Therefore it is not recommended to use this option unless you -are going to mount it on a system with the appropriate page size. +\fBNOTE:\fP +.INDENT 7.0 +.INDENT 3.5 +Versions prior to 6.7 set the sectorsize matching the host CPU +page size, starting in 6.7 this is 4KiB for cross\-architecture +compatibility. Please read more about the \fI\%subpage block size support\fP +and \fI\%its status\fP\&. +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.sp +By default, the value is 4KiB, but it can be manually set to match the +system page size (e.g. using command \fBgetconf PAGE_SIZE\fP). +However, if the sector size is different from the page +size, the resulting filesystem may not be mountable by the current +kernel, apart from the default 4KiB. Hence, using this option is not +advised unless you intend to mount it on a system with the suitable +page size. .TP .B \-L|\-\-label <string> Specify a label for the filesystem. The \fIstring\fP should be less than 256 |