Changeset 4049a4b

Timestamp:

02/19/2023 12:42:33 PM (14 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

c68d57a

Parents:

dd8293b

Message:

e2fsprogs: Add configuration section about mke2fs.conf

File:

• chapter08/e2fsprogs.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/e2fsprogs.xml

@@ -133 +133 @@
 install -v -m644 doc/com_err.info /usr/share/info
 install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userinput></screen>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 id="conf-e2fsprogs" role="configuration">
+    <title>Configuring E2fsprogs</title>
+
+    <indexterm zone="conf-e2fsprogs">
+      <primary sortas="e-/etc/mke2fs.conf">/etc/mke2fs.conf</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <para>
+      <filename>/etc/mke2fs.conf</filename> contains the default value of
+      various command line options of <command>mke2fs</command>.  You may
+      edit the file to make the default values suitable for your need.
+      For example, some utilities (not in LFS or BLFS) cannot recognize a
+      <systemitem class='filesystem'>ext4</systemitem> file system with
+      <literal>metadata_csum_seed</literal> feature enabled.
+      <emphasis role='bold'>If</emphasis> you need such an utility, you may
+      remove the feature from the default
+      <systemitem class='filesystem'>ext4</systemitem> feature list with the
+      command:
+    </para>
+
+    <screen role='nodump'><userinput>sed 's/metadata_csum_seed,//' -i /etc/mke2fs.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Read the man page <filename>mke2fs.conf(5)</filename> for details.
+    </para>
   </sect2>