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author | Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-20 11:43:59 -0700 |
commit | 6da0b38f4433fb0f24615449d7966471b6e5eae0 (patch) | |
tree | 9f163fbbc7342406bb602de447293c0b11628c6f /fs/ext3/Kconfig | |
parent | 0d468300dc97d6aec084799ffe39253ac366f1e4 (diff) |
fs/Kconfig: move ext2, ext3, ext4, JBD, JBD2 out
Use fs/*/Kconfig more, which is good because everything related to one
filesystem is in one place and fs/Kconfig is quite fat.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext3/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/Kconfig | 67 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/Kconfig b/fs/ext3/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e0cfe44b0fc --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/ext3/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +config EXT3_FS + tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support" + select JBD + help + This is the journalling version of the Second extended file system + (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system + (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks. + + The journalling code included in this driver means you do not have + to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a + crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made + at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system + is consistent without the need for a lengthy check. + + Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format + of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch + between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the + file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file + system. + + To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the + behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man + tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3 + file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using + e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals + (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>). + + To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called ext3. + +config EXT3_FS_XATTR + bool "Ext3 extended attributes" + depends on EXT3_FS + default y + help + Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by + the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit + <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). + + If unsure, say N. + + You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3. + +config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL + bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists" + depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR + select FS_POSIX_ACL + help + Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and + groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. + + To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for + Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. + + If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N + +config EXT3_FS_SECURITY + bool "Ext3 Security Labels" + depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR + help + Security labels support alternative access control models + implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option + enables an extended attribute handler for file security + labels in the ext3 filesystem. + + If you are not using a security module that requires using + extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |