Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 02:06:25 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <p05200f1ab9ff72b26ae1@[66.92.104.201]> References: <p05200f1ab9ff72b26ae1@[66.92.104.201]>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Thus spake Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>: > I'm trying to get at a file on an ext2fs slice. I'm a bit > confused about kernel recompiles vs. KLDs for Linux compatibility, > though. Am I reading correctly at > <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html>; > & <http://www.seabug.org/archive/2000-05/msg00086.html>, that I can > run Linux applications with a single command or rc.conf entry, but > accessing files on ext2 file systems requires a kernel rebuild? > > This seems a bit backwards -- is anyone aware of work to make > ext2fs a standard module, so it can be loaded under GENERIC? Running Linux binaries and using Linux filesystems are two completely different things. To to the former, and the appropriate rc.conf entry and install ports/emulators/linux_base as described in the Handbook. 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021119100625.GC679>