From e38dc3ac0016e32fd8a81f164b7034be058fe947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:23:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc update --- README | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 5a6fb8a..a37044a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ General Information =================== FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a simple interface for userspace -programs to export a virtual filesystem to the linux kernel. FUSE +programs to export a virtual filesystem to the Linux kernel. FUSE also aims to provide a secure method for non privileged users to create and mount their own filesystem implementations. @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ version by setting the cvsroot to and checking out the 'fuse' module. +Dependencies +============ + +Linux kernel version 2.4.X where X >= 21 (some vendor kernels earlier +than this are also known to work). + +Linux kernel version 2.6.X where X >= 0. + Installation ============ @@ -28,6 +36,11 @@ modprobe fuse You may also need to add '/usr/local/lib' to '/etc/ld.so.conf' and/or run ldconfig. +Linux kernels 2.6.14 or later contain FUSE support out of the box. If +FUSE support is detected, the kernel module in this package will not +be compiled. It is possible to override this with the +'--enable-kernel-module' configure option. + For more details see the file 'INSTALL' How To Use -- 2.30.2