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authorMiklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>2005-10-11 14:23:19 +0000
committerMiklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>2005-10-11 14:23:19 +0000
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@@ -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