Re: add caveats section in newfs about endianess
> Or, you could explain this more as an attribute of the filesystem: > > FFS filesystems are byte-order dependent, and thus not portable to > systems with a different endianness. > > (two n in endianness) > > what about this text in mount_ffs(8) where it makes more sense? Index: mount_ffs.8 === RCS file: /data/cvs/src/sbin/mount_ffs/mount_ffs.8,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -p -r1.18 mount_ffs.8 --- mount_ffs.8 6 Oct 2016 13:16:21 - 1.18 +++ mount_ffs.8 28 Aug 2019 17:19:48 - @@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ For example, /dev/sd0a and 3eb7f9da875cb .Sq a partition. .Pp +As FFS filesystems are byte-order dependent, +.Nm +will error on a system using a different endianness. +.Pp This command is normally executed per file system by .Xr rc 8 at boot time using the
Re: add caveats section in newfs about endianess
Solene Rapenne wrote: > This diff had a section about endianess of newfs. > This is not written anywhere that ffs is dependent of endianess. > > Related bug report > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs=150242795204995=2 > > > Index: newfs.8 > === > RCS file: /data/cvs/src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8,v > retrieving revision 1.75 > diff -u -p -r1.75 newfs.8 > --- newfs.8 23 Apr 2019 18:13:11 - 1.75 > +++ newfs.8 19 Aug 2019 15:49:15 - > @@ -345,3 +345,8 @@ The > .Nm > command appeared in > .Bx 4.2 . > +.Sh CAVEATS > +The created filesystem can only be mounted on systems running architectures > +of the same endianess as the one on which > +.Nm > +has been used. Or, you could explain this more as an attribute of the filesystem: FFS filesystems are byte-order dependent, and thus not portable to systems with a different endianness. (two n in endianness)
add caveats section in newfs about endianess
This diff had a section about endianess of newfs. This is not written anywhere that ffs is dependent of endianess. Related bug report https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs=150242795204995=2 Index: newfs.8 === RCS file: /data/cvs/src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8,v retrieving revision 1.75 diff -u -p -r1.75 newfs.8 --- newfs.8 23 Apr 2019 18:13:11 - 1.75 +++ newfs.8 19 Aug 2019 15:49:15 - @@ -345,3 +345,8 @@ The .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.2 . +.Sh CAVEATS +The created filesystem can only be mounted on systems running architectures +of the same endianess as the one on which +.Nm +has been used.
