Add a small note about how "mkfs.xfs -p" can be used to create

an XFS file system populated with files.
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@ -66,13 +66,23 @@ port contains the
.Cm mkfs.xfs
utility for
creating XFS file systems, and also other utilities for analyzing,
and repairing XFS file systems.
and repairing XFS file systems.
.Sh CAVEATS
The port of XFS to
.Fx
is currently incomplete.
Only read-only access is supported for XFS volumes.
Writing to a volume is not supported.
.Pp
The
.Fl p
flag to
.Cm mkfs.xfs
can be used to create an XFS file system which is populated with files
and other metadata.
This can be used to quickly create a read-only file system which
can be tested on
.Fx .
.Sh HISTORY
XFS was originally written by SGI for the IRIX operating system.
SGI ported XFS to Linux, and released the source code under the GNU