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@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
153 identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded 153 identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
154 in devnum. 154 in devnum.
155 155
156noload Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that 156norecovery Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that
157 if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly, 157noload if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
158 skipping the journal replay will lead to the 158 skipping the journal replay will lead to the
159 filesystem containing inconsistencies that can 159 filesystem containing inconsistencies that can
160 lead to any number of problems. 160 lead to any number of problems.
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ noauto_da_alloc replacing existing files via patterns such as
353 system crashes before the delayed allocation 353 system crashes before the delayed allocation
354 blocks are forced to disk. 354 blocks are forced to disk.
355 355
356discard Controls whether ext4 should issue discard/TRIM
357nodiscard(*) commands to the underlying block device when
358 blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD devices
359 and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs, but it is off
360 by default until sufficient testing has been done.
361
356Data Mode 362Data Mode
357========= 363=========
358There are 3 different data modes: 364There are 3 different data modes: