ext3: allow specifying external journal by pathname mount option

[~andy/linux] / Documentation / filesystems / ext3.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 293855e950000ce53223d137b094d266d7911ad3..7ed0d17d67218597c33b46e391a095ca0e3e5aa2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ journal=inum                When a journal already exists, this option is ignored.
                        Otherwise, it specifies the number of the inode which
                        will represent the ext3 file system's journal file.
 
+journal_path=path
 journal_dev=devnum     When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
-                       have changed, this option allows the user to specify
+                       have changed, these options allow the user to specify
                        the new journal location.  The journal device is
-                       identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
-                       in devnum.
+                       identified through either its new major/minor numbers
+                       encoded in devnum, or via a path to the device.
 
 norecovery             Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
 noload                 mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to