On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:42 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Add Cc: util-linux-ng > > Michael Kerrisk wrote: >> >> The fact that the util-linux(-ng) maintainer includes some kernel >> details in the mount(8) man page is not something that I control. It >> may or may not be a good idea. >> > > IMNSHO, it's distincly not a good idea. For one thing, the mount(8) man > page is a mess. Any options that aren't generic across filesystems > should be moved out of mount(8) into the filesystem man pages in section 4. > > The fact that the options are in the mount(8) man page is largely a > historical artifact dating back to the early 1990's when Linux only had > a handful of filesystems. > > The way to do that pretty much ends up with: > > 1. Agree that this is the way to do it. > 2. Add the options to section 4. > 3. Clean up mount(8). > > ... in that order. If there's consensus (including from the mount(8) man page maintainer), I have no objection to this, and I can see some sense in it. The mount options are, after all, kernel interfaces. Perhaps this whole situation arose because once upon a time, the maintainer of the mount(8) page and the maintainer of man-pages were the same person, Andries, and perhaps he too has an opinion. (Andries, here's a pointer to the thread so far: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/557/ ) Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
