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NULLFS(4) Device Drivers Manual NULLFS(4)

nullfsnull file system

To enable support for this driver, place the following line in the kernel configuration file:

options NULLFS

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

nullfs_load="YES"

The nullfs driver will permit the FreeBSD kernel to mount a loopback file system sub-tree.

To mount a nullfs file system:

mount_nullfs /usr/ports /home/devel/ports

It is also possible to define an entry in fstab(5) that looks similar to:

/usr/ports	/home/devel/ports	nullfs		rw	0	0

fstab(5), mount_nullfs(8)

The nullfs layer first appeared in 4.4BSD.

The nullfs kernel implementation was written by John Heideman.

This manual page was written by Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org>.

March 15, 2022 dev