dax: Add block size note to documentation

For block devices which are small enough, mkfs will default to creating a filesystem with block sizes smaller than page size. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
iegor · Jul 4, 2015 · 44f4c05 · 44f4c05
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ Usage
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 If you have a block device which supports DAX, you can make a filesystem
-on it as usual.  When mounting it, use the -o dax option manually
-or add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.
+on it as usual.  The DAX code currently only supports files with a block
+size equal to your kernel's PAGE_SIZE, so you may need to specify a block
+size when creating the filesystem.  When mounting it, use the "-o dax"
+option on the command line or add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.
 
 
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