[PATCH] mkfs.xfs: add [-U uuid] option

[Dave Chinner]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:06:35AM +0300, Mika Eloranta wrote:
> > On 22 Sep 2015, at 10:52, Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong here - I will take an updated patch from you for
> > this functionality. Both you and Eric have very good points as to
> > why mkfs should allow this, but I need to make sure /I/ understand
> > the bigger picture before committing it…
> 
> Lesson learned. Coming from my problem domain the feature seemed
> obvious, but I can see the need for being more verbose about the “why?”
> part. I did not realize this feature is not so commonly used.

The usual problem - we're all subject matter experts in
our own domains, and what is obvious to us isn't obvious to
someone in a slightly different domain, even though they interact at
some level.

> Regarding updating the patch: “-U uuid” (mkfs.ext*/mkfs.btrfs -style) or
> "-m uuid=<uuid>” as per proposal by Carlos?

-m uuid=<uuid>, please.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com