[PATCH] Add a warning about non-ASCII filenames in ASCII-CI mode

Dave Chinner david at fromorbit.com
Tue Feb 18 18:13:07 CST 2014


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 05:31:34PM +0000, Shaun Gosse wrote:
> Looks good.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Shaun Gosse <sgosse at sgi.com>
> 
> Thanks again,
> -Shaun
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xfs-bounces at oss.sgi.com [mailto:xfs-bounces at oss.sgi.com] On Behalf Of Zachary Kotlarek
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:23 AM
> To: xfs at oss.sgi.com
> Cc: Zachary Kotlarek
> Subject: [PATCH] Add a warning about non-ASCII filenames in ASCII-CI mode
> 
> ---
>  man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 index 8184e10..e1c5cf7 100644
> --- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> +++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> @@ -513,9 +513,11 @@ any power of 2 size from the filesystem block size up to 65536.
>  .IP
>  The
>  .B version=ci
> -option enables ASCII only case-insensitive filename lookup and version
> +option enables ASCII-only case-insensitive filename lookup and version
>  2 directories. Filenames are case-preserving, that is, the names -are stored in directories using the case they were created with.
> +are stored in directories using the case they were created with. In 
> +this mode non-ASCII file and directory names are not supported and are 
> +likely to become inaccessible if used.
>  .IP
>  Note: Version 1 directories are not supported.
>  .TP
> --

I missed this when it was posted and only just caught it. Sorry
about that.

I can't commit it without a Signed-off-by. Zachary, can you resned
this with a commit message indicating why the documentation change
is necessary and with a proper SOB on it?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com



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