| # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
| config UFS_FS |
| tristate "UFS file system support (read only)" |
| depends on BLOCK |
| help |
| BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, |
| OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V |
| Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using |
| this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from |
| these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the |
| experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the |
| file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information. |
| |
| The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is |
| READ-ONLY supported. |
| |
| Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a |
| good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes |
| (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man |
| tar" or preferably "info tar"). |
| |
| When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the |
| NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program |
| recode ("info recode") for this purpose. |
| |
| To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called ufs. |
| |
| If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. |
| |
| config UFS_FS_WRITE |
| bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)" |
| depends on UFS_FS |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is |
| experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand. |
| |
| config UFS_DEBUG |
| bool "UFS debugging" |
| depends on UFS_FS |
| help |
| If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say |
| Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be |
| written to the system log. |
