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authorEric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>2014-01-24 20:55:21 +0400
committerEric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>2014-01-24 20:55:21 +0400
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9p: update documentation
quick pass to update the documentation to include instructions for the new cache=mmap mode as well as clean up some out-of-date bits. Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt17
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
index 2c0321442845..fec7144e817c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ OPTIONS
offering several exported file systems.
cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used.
+ none = default no cache policy, metadata and data
+ alike are synchronous.
loose = no attempts are made at consistency,
intended for exclusive, read-only mounts
- fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
+ fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
cache backend.
+ mmap = minimal cache that is only used for read-write
+ mmap. Northing else is cached, like cache=none
debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask.
0x01 = display verbose error messages
@@ -147,8 +151,7 @@ on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs).
News and other information is maintained on a Wiki.
(http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php).
-Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla
-(http://bugzilla.kernel.org)
+Bug reports are best issued via the mailing list.
For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
@@ -156,11 +159,3 @@ http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
For information on Plan 9 from User Space (Plan 9 applications and libraries
ported to Linux/BSD/OSX/etc) check out http://swtch.com/plan9
-
-STATUS
-======
-
-The 2.6 kernel support is working on PPC and x86.
-
-PLEASE USE THE KERNEL BUGZILLA TO REPORT PROBLEMS. (http://bugzilla.kernel.org)
-