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259a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/nullfs.5,v 1.1 2008/10/05 18:57:27 danger Exp $
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279a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Dd March 20, 2010
289a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Dt NULL 5
299a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Os
309a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh NAME
319a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nm nullfs
329a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nd "null file system"
339a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh SYNOPSIS
34*3856b434SSascha WildnerTo compile this driver into your kernel,
35*3856b434SSascha Wildnerplace the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
369a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Bd -ragged -offset indent
379a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Cd "options NULLFS"
389a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Ed
399a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Pp
409a54bbb5SSascha WildnerAlternatively, to load the driver as a
419a54bbb5SSascha Wildnermodule at boot time, place the following line in
429a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Xr loader.conf 5 :
439a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Bd -literal -offset indent
449a54bbb5SSascha Wildnernull_load="YES"
459a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Ed
469a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh DESCRIPTION
479a54bbb5SSascha WildnerThe
489a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nm
499a54bbb5SSascha Wildnerdriver will permit the
509a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Dx
519a54bbb5SSascha Wildnerkernel to mount a loopback file system sub-tree.
529a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh EXAMPLES
539a54bbb5SSascha WildnerTo mount a
549a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nm
559a54bbb5SSascha Wildnerfile system:
569a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Pp
579a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Dl "mount_null /usr/src /home/devel/src"
589a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh SEE ALSO
599a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Xr fstab 5 ,
609a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Xr mount_null 8
619a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh HISTORY
629a54bbb5SSascha WildnerThe
639a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nm
649a54bbb5SSascha Wildnerlayer first appeared in
659a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Bx 4.4 .
669a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Sh AUTHORS
679a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.An -nosplit
689a54bbb5SSascha WildnerThe
699a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Nm
709a54bbb5SSascha Wildnerkernel implementation was written by
719a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.An John Heideman .
729a54bbb5SSascha Wildner.Pp
739a54bbb5SSascha WildnerThis manual page was written by
74c616d378SFranco Fichtner.An Daniel Gerzo Aq Mt danger@FreeBSD.org .
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