@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@ romfs module loaded, or compiled into the kernel) via: mount -t romfs /dev/fd0 /mnt .EE +.SH CAVEATS + +.P +Extension options might not be supported by older kernels. +In fact, currently no kernels support showing custom permission and timestamp +information. + +.P +Please note that if you specify extension options which have no effect, +they still cause the image format version to become extended. +It should be just as compatible with older kernels. +Examples of options with no effect are setting the userid to zero, which +is the default anyway. + .SH AUTHOR This manual page was initially written by Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. genromfs.8 dc8fc80a33cc0d433783310685baee0594781128 Janos Farkas chexum+git@gmail.com http://github.com/chexum/genromfs/commit/3b02d7af7e64f75b134f48a80de75c76f7022ac1 3b02d7af7e64f75b134f48a80de75c76f7022ac1 2009-02-17T12:45:51-08:00 2009-02-17T12:45:51-08:00 Add caveats to the man page 4e72e1f39da52e47141f056057b1dec1d8b9b024 Janos Farkas chexum+git@gmail.com