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| author | Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> | 2024-04-29 15:45:56 -0400 |
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| committer | Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> | 2024-04-29 15:49:04 -0400 |
| commit | a974a852278ea5c3a835d4930277025bd4e33675 (patch) | |
| tree | 8cb887cff35fe7c80ca09ca04a4e33704d201867 | |
| parent | 926b6077333554924756ba648c9df38c803c48bc (diff) | |
| download | util-linux-a974a852278ea5c3a835d4930277025bd4e33675.tar.gz | |
losetup.8: Clarify --direct-io
See e.g. https://github.com/containers/bootc/pull/375#issuecomment-1981109022
The phrasing here was in my opinion technically correct but quite confusing and easy to misunderstand.
Let's be very clear:
- The default is *off*
- You can turn it on in two ways
- You can also explicitly turn it off
Signed-off-by: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/losetup.8.adoc | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/losetup.8.adoc b/sys-utils/losetup.8.adoc index 0d4ad74a98..9ea9451ce0 100644 --- a/sys-utils/losetup.8.adoc +++ b/sys-utils/losetup.8.adoc @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Force the kernel to scan the partition table on a newly created loop device. Not Set up a read-only loop device. *--direct-io*[**=on**|*off*]:: -Enable or disable direct I/O for the backing file. The optional argument can be either *on* or *off*. If the optional argument is omitted, it defaults to *on*. +Enable or disable direct I/O for the backing file. The default is *off*. Specifying either *--direct-io* or *--direct-io=on* will enable it. But, *--direct-io=off* can be provided to explicitly turn it off. *-v*, *--verbose*:: Verbose mode. |