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 <willy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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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.
Implementation Tips for Block Driver Writers