* man5/filesystems.5 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Add a note that the information about available file systems can be obtained via sysfs() syscall. Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@xxxxxxxxx> --- man5/filesystems.5 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5 index 15fb7dd..0c42c6c 100644 --- a/man5/filesystems.5 +++ b/man5/filesystems.5 @@ -42,10 +42,21 @@ see for more details. If you need a currently unsupported filesystem, insert the corresponding module or recompile the kernel. +There is also a legacy +.BR sysfs (2) +system call (availability of which is controlled by the +.\" commit: 6af9f7bf3c399e0ab1eee048e13572c6d4e15fe9 +.B CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL +kernel build configuration option since Linux 3.15) +that enables enumeration of currently available filesystem types regardless of +.I /proc +availability and/or sanity. .PP In order to use a filesystem, you have to .I mount it; see +.BR mount (2) +and .BR mount (8). .PP Below a short description of the available or historically available -- 2.1.4
