From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 19:50:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C9E37B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:50:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-232-220-15.client.attbi.com [12.232.220.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A132B43E88 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:50:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAL3oYm9002820; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:50:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gAL3oYXX002819; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:50:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:50:34 -0800 From: David Schultz To: Chris Pepper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Pepper , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Chris Pepper : > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message