Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:12:12 -0500 From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <p05200f09ba020d2729e6@[66.92.104.201]> In-Reply-To: <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> References: <p05200f1ab9ff72b26ae1@[66.92.104.201]> <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <p05200f24ba0073e6b323@[66.92.104.201]> <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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At 7:50 PM -0800 2002/11/20, David Schultz wrote: >Thus spake Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>: >> To use ext2fs, you can either add >> >the option EXT2FS to your kernel config to compile it statically >> >into your kernel, or you can load the ext2fs module dynamically, >> >even into GENERIC. To do the latter, the module must exist; >> >it will be created if you make the kernel with -DWANT_EXT2FS_MODULE. >> >It is also installed by sysinstall, IIRC. >> >> David, >> >> I know they're distinct, but it's silly for a discussion of >> Linux applications to ignore the possibility of those apps residing >> on a Linux filesystem. I couldn't find ext2fs documented anywhere, >> which is the first issue. The second is adding a link & comment to >> the LABI chapter. > >Hmm...I think you're right. I don't see any documentation for the >option. I would just as soon hook the module up to the default >build like all the other modules, but maybe the license is an issue. I think it's off by default for stability, but would like to submit a patch to the LABI Handbook chapter linking to a discussion of the FS module. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a URL that describes it. LINT says: ># ># Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit ># careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind ># changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could ># be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) ># >options EXT2FS Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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