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authormux <mux@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-11 15:17:01 +0000
committermux <mux@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-11 15:17:01 +0000
commit8d653b4875645628258b7441f814d5a8b758ab04 (patch)
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parent3f156ff8b775b0f8ddec4e724d1b050015f227de (diff)
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Update the manpage to match the code. The mount utilities
now don't try to load the filesystem module, the kernel takes care of this.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/mount')
-rw-r--r--sbin/mount/mount.826
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8
index 9cfa849..963454b 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.8
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8
@@ -363,22 +363,8 @@ is replaced by the type name.
For example, nfs filesystems are mounted by the program
.Pa /sbin/mount_nfs .
.Pp
-Most filesystems will be dynamically loaded by their
-.Nm
-programs
-if not already present in the kernel, using the
-.Xr vfsload 3
-subroutine.
-Because this mechanism requires writable temporary space,
-the filesystem type containing
-.Pa /tmp
-must be compiled into the kernel, and the filesystems containing
-.Pa /tmp
-and
-.Pa /usr/bin/ld
-must be listed in
-.Pa /etc/fstab
-before any filesystems which might be dynamically loaded.
+Most filesystems will be dynamically loaded by the kernel
+if not already present, and if the kernel module is available.
.It Fl u
The
.Fl u
@@ -417,13 +403,6 @@ Note that
support for a particular filesystem might be provided either on a static
(kernel compile-time), or dynamic basis (loaded as a kernel module by
.Xr kldload 8 ) .
-Normally,
-.Nm
-or its subprocesses attempt to dynamically load a filesystem module if
-it has not been configured statically, using
-.Xr vfsload 3 .
-In this case, the above error message can also mean that you did not
-have permission to load the module.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
.It Pa /etc/fstab
@@ -431,7 +410,6 @@ filesystem table
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mount 2 ,
-.Xr vfsload 3 ,
.Xr fstab 5 ,
.Xr kldload 8 ,
.Xr mount_cd9660 8 ,
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