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Ezequiel Garcia 07b815d395 mkfs: Make HDIO_GETGEO ioctl optional
Some block devices don't implement HDIO_GETGEP ioctl;
loop device being a notable example.
Without this patch, it's not possible to make a f2fs
on a file mounted over a loop device.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@free-electrons.com>
2012-12-12 11:17:34 +09:00
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F2FS format utilility
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To use f2fs filesystem, you should format the storage partition
with this utilility. Otherwise, you cannot mount f2fs.

Before compilation
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Your should install the following packages.
 - libuuid-devel or uuid-dev

Initial compilation
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Before compilation initially, autoconf/automake tools should be run.

 # autoreconf --install

How to compile
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 # ./configure
 # make

How to run by default
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 $ ./mkfs.f2fs -l [LABEL] $DEV

For more mkfs options, see man page.