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- Lines: 58
- Date:
2003-08-25 04:44:39.000000000 -0700
- Orig file:
linux-2.4.21/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt
- Orig date:
2002-11-28 15:53:08.000000000 -0800
diff -urN linux-2.4.21/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt linux-2.4.22/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt
@@ -18,32 +18,35 @@
AUTHOR
=====
Current maintainer: Will Dyson <will_dyson@pobox.com>
-Has been working on the code since Aug 13, 2001. See the changelog for details.
+Has been working on the code since Aug 13, 2001. See the changelog for
+details.
Original Author: Makoto Kato <m_kato@ga2.so-net.ne.jp>
-His orriginal code can still be found at: <http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA008030/bfs/>
-Does anyone know of a more current email address for Makoto? He doesn't respond
-to the address given above...
+His orriginal code can still be found at:
+<http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA008030/bfs/>
+Does anyone know of a more current email address for Makoto? He doesn't
+respond to the address given above...
WHAT IS THIS DRIVER?
==================
This module implements the native filesystem of BeOS <http://www.be.com/>
-for the linux 2.4.1 and later kernels. Currently it is a read-only implementation.
+for the linux 2.4.1 and later kernels. Currently it is a read-only
+implementation.
Which is it, BFS or BEFS?
================
Be, Inc said, "BeOS Filesystem is officially called BFS, not BeFS".
-But Unixware Boot Filesystem is called bfs, too. And they are already in the
-kernel.
-Because of this nameing conflict, on Linux the BeOS filesystem is called befs.
+But Unixware Boot Filesystem is called bfs, too. And they are already in
+the kernel. Because of this nameing conflict, on Linux the BeOS
+filesystem is called befs.
HOW TO INSTALL
==============
step 1. Install the BeFS patch into the source code tree of linux.
Apply the patchfile to your kernel source tree.
-Assuming that your kernel source is in /foo/bar/linux and the patchfile is called
-patch-befs-xxx, you would do the following:
+Assuming that your kernel source is in /foo/bar/linux and the patchfile
+is called patch-befs-xxx, you would do the following:
cd /foo/bar/linux
patch -p1 < /path/to/patch-befs-xxx
@@ -66,8 +69,9 @@
The BeFS module is not a standard part of the linux kernel, so you must first
enable support for experimental code under the "Code maturity level" menu.
-Then, under the "Filesystems" menu will be an option called "BeFS filesystem (experimental)",
-or something like that. Enable that option (it is fine to make it a module).
+Then, under the "Filesystems" menu will be an option called "BeFS
+filesystem (experimental)", or something like that. Enable that option
+(it is fine to make it a module).
Save your kernel configuration and then build your kernel.
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