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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index ead764b2728..ce1126aceed 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt @@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ tz=UTC -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time. useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras) that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of local time. +time_offset=minutes + -- Set offset for conversion of timestamps from local time + used by FAT to UTC. I.e. <minutes> minutes will be subtracted + from each timestamp to convert it to UTC used internally by + Linux. This is useful when time zone set in sys_tz is + not the time zone used by the filesystem. Note that this + option still does not provide correct time stamps in all + cases in presence of DST - time stamps in a different DST + setting will be off by one hour. showexec -- If set, the execute permission bits of the file will be allowed only if the extension part of the name is .EXE, @@ -137,6 +146,38 @@ errors=panic|continue|remount-ro without doing anything or remount the partition in read-only mode (default behavior). +discard -- If set, issues discard/TRIM commands to the block + device when blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD devices + and sparse/thinly-provisoned LUNs. + +nfs=stale_rw|nostale_ro + Enable this only if you want to export the FAT filesystem + over NFS. + + stale_rw: This option maintains an index (cache) of directory + inodes by i_logstart which is used by the nfs-related code to + improve look-ups. Full file operations (read/write) over NFS is + supported but with cache eviction at NFS server, this could + result in ESTALE issues. + + nostale_ro: This option bases the inode number and filehandle + on the on-disk location of a file in the MS-DOS directory entry. + This ensures that ESTALE will not be returned after a file is + evicted from the inode cache. However, it means that operations + such as rename, create and unlink could cause filehandles that + previously pointed at one file to point at a different file, + potentially causing data corruption. For this reason, this + option also mounts the filesystem readonly. + + To maintain backward compatibility, '-o nfs' is also accepted, + defaulting to stale_rw + +dos1xfloppy -- If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block + configuration, determined by backing device size. These static + parameters match defaults assumed by DOS 1.x for 160 kiB, + 180 kiB, 320 kiB, and 360 kiB floppies and floppy images. + + <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false TODO |