1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 config UFS_FS 2 config UFS_FS
3 tristate "UFS file system support (rea 3 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
4 depends on BLOCK 4 depends on BLOCK
5 select BUFFER_HEAD <<
6 help 5 help
7 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (s 6 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
8 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file sys 7 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
9 Unixes can create and mount hard dis 8 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
10 this file system as well. Saying Y h 9 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
11 these partitions; if you also want t 10 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
12 experimental "UFS file system write 11 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
13 file <file:Documentation/admin-guide 12 file <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ufs.rst> for more information.
14 13
15 The recently released UFS2 variant ( 14 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
16 READ-ONLY supported. 15 READ-ONLY supported.
17 16
18 Note that this option is generally n 17 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
19 good portable way to transport files 18 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
20 (and even other operating systems) i 19 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
21 tar" or preferably "info tar"). 20 tar" or preferably "info tar").
22 21
23 When accessing NeXTstep files, you m 22 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
24 NeXT character set to the Latin1 cha 23 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
25 recode ("info recode") for this purp 24 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
26 25
27 To compile the UFS file system suppo 26 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
28 module will be called ufs. 27 module will be called ufs.
29 28
30 If you haven't heard about all of th 29 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
31 30
32 config UFS_FS_WRITE 31 config UFS_FS_WRITE
33 bool "UFS file system write support (D 32 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
34 depends on UFS_FS 33 depends on UFS_FS
35 help 34 help
36 Say Y here if you want to try writin 35 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
37 experimental, so you should back up 36 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
38 37
39 config UFS_DEBUG 38 config UFS_DEBUG
40 bool "UFS debugging" 39 bool "UFS debugging"
41 depends on UFS_FS 40 depends on UFS_FS
42 help 41 help
43 If you are experiencing any problems 42 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
44 Y here. This will result in _many_ 43 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
45 written to the system log. 44 written to the system log.
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