From 84f773037ee4fc78585501a2ce2f5398f0bae9f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Baldwin Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:31:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] bsdinstall.8: Clarify the description of ZFSBOOT_FORCE_4K_SECTORS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This variable does not set the exact sector size of the pool, but controls the minimum sector size. The sector size of the underlying disks can always be larger than the minium controlled by this knob. PR: 274513 Reported by: Albin "a12l" Otterhäll --- usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 index 77da9622d4d7..c8bf143322ae 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 18, 2023 +.Dd November 18, 2023 .Dt BSDINSTALL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -433,8 +433,11 @@ or raidz3 (RAID-Z3 Triple Redundancy RAID). Default: .Dq stripe .It Ev ZFSBOOT_FORCE_4K_SECTORS -Indicates either the pool will use 4K or 512 sectors. -If this variable is not empty, 4K sectors will be used. +Controls the minimum sector size of the pool. +If this variable is not empty, the minimum sector size is 4K. +If this variable is empty, the minimum sector size is 512. +Note that the sector size of the pool will always be at least +the sector size of the backing disks. Default: .Dq 1 .It Ev ZFSBOOT_GELI_ENCRYPTION