1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 config VXFS_FS 2 config VXFS_FS
3 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support 3 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
4 depends on BLOCK 4 depends on BLOCK
5 select BUFFER_HEAD <<
6 help 5 help
7 FreeVxFS is a file system driver tha 6 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
8 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM 7 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
9 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others 8 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
10 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many 9 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems. However
11 these particular OS implementations 10 these particular OS implementations of vxfs may differ in on-disk
12 data endianness and/or superblock of !! 11 data endianess and/or superblock offset. The vxfs module has been
13 tested with SCO UnixWare and HP-UX B 12 tested with SCO UnixWare and HP-UX B.10.20 (pa-risc 1.1 arch.)
14 Currently only readonly access is su 13 Currently only readonly access is supported and VxFX versions
15 2, 3 and 4. Tests were performed wit 14 2, 3 and 4. Tests were performed with HP-UX VxFS version 3.
16 15
17 NOTE: the file system type as used b 16 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
18 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes t 17 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
19 the actual driver. 18 the actual driver.
20 19
21 There is a userspace utility for HP- 20 There is a userspace utility for HP-UX logical volumes which makes
22 creating HP-UX logical volumes easy 21 creating HP-UX logical volumes easy from HP-UX disk block device file
23 or regular file with image of the di 22 or regular file with image of the disk. See:
24 https://sourceforge.net/proje 23 https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-vxfs/
25 24
26 To compile this as a module, choose 25 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
27 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N. 26 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
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