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Date:      Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:04:18 GMT
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: d32c600949d5 - stable/14 - newfs_msdos.8: example for specific cluster size
Message-ID:  <202404081904.438J4IJa093745@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/14 has been updated by jhb:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d32c600949d5891c014e9e794562e60caa2859f1

commit d32c600949d5891c014e9e794562e60caa2859f1
Author:     Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com>
AuthorDate: 2024-01-12 22:12:48 +0000
Commit:     John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-04-08 17:37:58 +0000

    newfs_msdos.8: example for specific cluster size
    
    The usual use case in 2024 for newfs_msdosfs is creating filesystems on SD cards
    for older hardware. In most tutorials, they call the cluster size "allocation
    size". Therefore, add a small note next to cluster size that it is also called
    allocation size, and add an example for how to do this.
    
    Reviewed by:    jhb
    Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1045
    
    (cherry picked from commit c8bf9f09ee3d5ac97d38218f2123893a7f1f0285)
---
 sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
index 278612548dc4..efa69c058453 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
 .\" IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd June 14, 2018
+.Dd January 12, 2024
 .Dt NEWFS_MSDOS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ File system block size (bytes per cluster).
 This should resolve to an
 acceptable number of sectors per cluster (see below).
 .It Fl c Ar cluster-size
-Sectors per cluster.
+Sectors per cluster, also called allocation size.
 Acceptable values are powers of 2 in the range
 1 through 128.
 If the block or cluster size are not specified, the code
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ Create a file system, using default parameters, on
 newfs_msdos /dev/ada0s1
 .Ed
 .Pp
+Create a FAT32 filesystem with a 32K allocation size on
+.Pa /dev/mmcsd0s1 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+newfs_msdos -F 32 -A -c 64 /dev/mmcsd0s1
+.Ed
+.Pp
 Create a standard 1.44M file system, with volume label
 .Ar foo ,
 on



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