On 2/22/19 5:26 PM, Eugene Syromyatnikov wrote: > * man5/filesystems.5 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Add a note that the information > about available file systems can be obtained via sysfs() syscall. Thanks, Eugene. Patch applied. Cheers, Michael > 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 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
