From 6c50f16fc8fa847e6c3245c8654ef5c12efc4bd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:57:48 +0000 Subject: 2007-10-13 Thomas Schwinge * hurd.texi (Invoking fsysopts): Elaborate on augmenting-rather-than-replacing policy. --- doc/ChangeLog | 7 ++++++- doc/hurd.texi | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 35da1e0b..b5500409 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ +2007-10-13 Thomas Schwinge + + * hurd.texi (Invoking fsysopts): Elaborate on + augmenting-rather-than-replacing policy. + 2007-08-16 Samuel Thibault - * hurd.texi: Document diskfs_set_node_atime. + * hurd.texi (Diskfs Node Management): Document diskfs_set_node_atime. 2007-03-16 Ben Asselstine Thomas Schwinge diff --git a/doc/hurd.texi b/doc/hurd.texi index db3bc43a..2440b372 100644 --- a/doc/hurd.texi +++ b/doc/hurd.texi @@ -2144,6 +2144,13 @@ some common ones are: If no options are supplied, @var{filesys}' current options are printed. +The options passed as @var{fs_option}s are meant to augment or change those +which are already set, they're not meant to completely replace the existing +command line options. For example, passing @code{--readonly} to a file system +server will change the server from writable to read-only, but will not touch +the used backing store. Passing @code{--address=new_IP} to +@file{/servers/socket/2} will change the local IP address to @var{new_IP}, but +will not touch the interface, netmask and gateway settings. @node Trivfs Library @section Trivfs Library -- cgit v1.2.3