git: b56d66d057 - main - handbook: Clean up the bits on ext2

From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:00:52 UTC
The branch main has been updated by trasz:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b56d66d0570a2a0c05918cd52ff888bdc5695de1

commit b56d66d0570a2a0c05918cd52ff888bdc5695de1
Author:     Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-01-20 08:58:42 +0000
Commit:     Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-01-20 08:58:47 +0000

    handbook: Clean up the bits on ext2
    
    Remove information that's no longer relevant, and one step
    (module loading) which happens automatically during mount.
    
    Reviewed By:    debdrup
    Sponsored By:   EPSRC
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33948
---
 .../en/books/handbook/filesystems/_index.adoc      | 22 ++++------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/filesystems/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/filesystems/_index.adoc
index b9af748350..59132d0636 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/filesystems/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/filesystems/_index.adoc
@@ -84,31 +84,17 @@ Before reading this chapter, you should:
 FreeBSD provides built-in support for several Linux(R) file systems.
 This section demonstrates how to load support for and how to mount the supported Linux(R) file systems.
 
-=== ext2
+=== ext2 / ext3 / ext4
 
 Kernel support for ext2 file systems has been available since FreeBSD 2.2.
-In FreeBSD 8.x and earlier, the code is licensed under the GPL.
-Since FreeBSD 9.0, the code has been rewritten and is now BSD licensed.
-
-The man:ext2fs[5] driver allows the FreeBSD kernel to both read and write to ext2 file systems.
+The man:ext2fs[5] driver allows the FreeBSD kernel to both read and write to ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-This driver can also be used to access ext3 and ext4 file systems.
-The man:ext2fs[5] filesystem has full read and write support for ext4 as of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE.
-Additionally, extended attributes and ACLs are also supported, while journalling and encryption are not.
-Starting with FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE, a DTrace provider will be available as well.
-Prior versions of FreeBSD can access ext4 in read and write mode using package:sysutils/fusefs-ext2[].
+Journalling and encryption are not supported yet.
 ====
 
-To access an ext file system, first load the kernel loadable module:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# kldload ext2fs
-....
-
-Then, mount the ext volume by specifying its FreeBSD partition name and an existing mount point.
+To access an ext file system, mount the ext volume by specifying its FreeBSD partition name and an existing mount point.
 This example mounts [.filename]#/dev/ad1s1# on [.filename]#/mnt#:
 
 [source,shell]