^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) config UFS_FS
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3) tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) depends on BLOCK
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) help
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) file <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ufs.rst> for more information.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) READ-ONLY supported.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20) tar" or preferably "info tar").
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) module will be called ufs.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31) config UFS_FS_WRITE
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32) bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33) depends on UFS_FS
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) help
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36) experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38) config UFS_DEBUG
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39) bool "UFS debugging"
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) depends on UFS_FS
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41) help
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42) If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44) written to the system log.