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authorJohann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@bull.net>2006-01-08 04:03:20 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-01-08 23:13:56 -0500
commit71b9625744b7d4a6a2416389a5ba464bdf11f07f (patch)
tree0926e8274cfa5030fccfb0955bd0db45e60e0e7c /Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
parentbf066c7db775a04bd761f8ea206f5522d0cf40ff (diff)
[PATCH] ext3: external journal device as a mount option
The patch below adds a new mount option to allow the external journal device to be specified. The syntax is as follows: # mount -t ext3 -o journal_dev=0x0820 ... where 0x0820 means major=8 and minor=32. Signed-off-by: Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@bull.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ journal=inum When a journal already exists, this option is
22 the inode which will represent the ext3 file 22 the inode which will represent the ext3 file
23 system's journal file. 23 system's journal file.
24 24
25journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
26 have changed, this option allows to specify the new
27 journal location. The journal device is identified
28 through its new major/minor numbers encoded in devnum.
29
25noload Don't load the journal on mounting. 30noload Don't load the journal on mounting.
26 31
27data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior 32data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior