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[PATCH V2] mkfs.xfs: clarify ftype defaults in manpage

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Subject: [PATCH V2] mkfs.xfs: clarify ftype defaults in manpage
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:26:51 -0500
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When CRCs were made default, a few leftovers related to its
prior non-default status remained in the manpage, in the ftype
section.  Clean those up, stating the correct default for this
feature.

Reported-by: Chris Murphy <chris@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

V2: reflect reality regarding defaults, sorry about that.

diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
index 9578c4d..c44b3bd 100644
--- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
@@ -636,13 +636,11 @@ do not need to look up the inode to determine the inode 
type.
 
 The
 .I value
-is either 0 or 1, with 1 signifiying that filetype information
-will be stored in the directory structure. The default value is 0.
+is either 0 or 1, with 1 signifying that filetype information
+will be stored in the directory structure.  The default value is 1.
 
-When CRCs are enabled via
-.B \-m crc=1,
-the ftype functionality is always enabled. This feature can not be turned
-off for such filesystem configurations.
+When CRCs are enabled (the default), the ftype functionality is always
+enabled, and cannot be turned off.
 .IP
 .RE
 .TP


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