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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2008-10-10 20:02:48 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2008-10-10 20:02:48 -0400
commit03010a3350301baac2154fa66de925ae2981b7e3 (patch)
treeb1af2cecbb540faab4bd67dc1a28ad3384341d72 /Documentation
parent39d80c33a068d9fa63a36c3b2c0d718d38440dd1 (diff)
ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
The ext4 filesystem is getting stable enough that it's time to drop the "dev" prefix. Also remove the requirement for the TEST_FILESYS flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 289057958f90..74484e696405 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
you will need to merge your changes with the version from e2fsprogs
1.41.x.
- - Create a new filesystem using the ext4dev filesystem type:
+ - Create a new filesystem using the ext4 filesystem type:
- # mke2fs -t ext4dev /dev/hda1
+ # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/hda1
Or configure an existing ext3 filesystem to support extents and set
the test_fs flag to indicate that it's ok for an in-development
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
# tune2fs -I 256 /dev/hda1
- (Note: we currently do not have tools to convert an ext4dev
+ (Note: we currently do not have tools to convert an ext4
filesystem back to ext3; so please do not do try this on production
filesystems.)
- Mounting:
- # mount -t ext4dev /dev/hda1 /wherever
+ # mount -t ext4 /dev/hda1 /wherever
- When comparing performance with other filesystems, remember that
ext3/4 by default offers higher data integrity guarantees than most.