Status of FUSE in FreeBSD kernel

[Conrad Meyer]

FreeBSD only supports version 7.8 of the FUSE protocol.  IOCTLs were
added in 7.11.

Yes, I don't believe FreeBSD supports mountpoints other than
directories.  This is enforced in vfs_domount_first() with the v_type
!= VDIR check.

Best,
Conrad

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> On Aug 14 2017, Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 08:46:07PM +0200, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>>> Is there some resource that gives an overview of the features supported
>>> by the FUSE kernel module in FreeBSD?
>>
>> George Neville-Neil (CC'ed) wrote FreeBSD's fuse kernel module. Maybe he
>> can help you.
>
> Could you tell me if FreeBSD's fuse module supports any kind of ioctl on
> files or directories? I am struggling to get the Linux example to work
> under FreeBSD. Issuing the ioctl always fails with "Inappropriate ioctl
> for device".
>
> Secondly, am I right to assume that in FreeBSD, FUSE filesystems can
> only be mounted in directories (but not files)? Under Linux, the
> mountpoint can also be a file.
>
> Thanks!
> -Nikolaus
>
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