The existing error message can be made more helpful by more clearly
implying the attempt to make a file system with undersized inodes is
failing and suggesting a corrective action.
Signed-off-by: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
misc/mke2fs.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index 2bc435b..00bb00d 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -2358,7 +2358,8 @@ profile_error:
EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA) &&
fs_param.s_inode_size == EXT2_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
com_err(program_name, 0,
- _("inode size is %d, inline data is useless"),
+ _("%d byte inodes are too small for inline data; "
+ "specify larger size"),
fs_param.s_inode_size);
exit(1);
}
--
1.9.1
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