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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 6865a33544d..6a3df055280 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ menu "File systems" +if BLOCK + config EXT2_FS tristate "Second extended fs support" help @@ -72,11 +74,11 @@ config EXT3_FS tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support" select JBD help - This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system + 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 journaling code included in this driver means you do not have + 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 @@ -138,10 +140,77 @@ config EXT3_FS_SECURITY If you are not using a security module that requires using extended attributes for file security labels, say N. +config EXT4DEV_FS + tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + select JBD2 + help + Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation + extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be + renamed ext4 fs later, once ext4dev is mature and stabilized. + + Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem, + the on-disk format of ext4dev is not the same as ext3 any more: + it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit physical block + numbers. These combined on-disk format changes will allow + ext4dev/ext4 to handle more than 16 TB filesystem volumes -- + a hard limit that ext3 cannot overcome without changing the + on-disk format. + + Other than extent maps and 48-bit block numbers, ext4dev also is + likely to have other new features such as persistent preallocation, + high resolution time stamps, and larger file support etc. These + features will be added to ext4dev gradually. + + To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The + module will be called ext4dev. Be aware, however, that the filesystem + of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot + be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. + + If unsure, say N. + +config EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR + bool "Ext4dev extended attributes" + depends on EXT4DEV_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 ext4dev/ext4. + +config EXT4DEV_FS_POSIX_ACL + bool "Ext4dev POSIX Access Control Lists" + depends on EXT4DEV_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 EXT4DEV_FS_SECURITY + bool "Ext4dev Security Labels" + depends on EXT4DEV_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 ext4dev/ext4 filesystem. + + If you are not using a security module that requires using + extended attributes for file security labels, say N. + config JBD tristate help - This is a generic journaling layer for block devices. It is + This is a generic journalling layer for block devices. It is currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block devices such as RAID or LVM. @@ -170,18 +239,50 @@ config JBD_DEBUG generated. To turn debugging off again, do "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug". +config JBD2 + tristate + help + This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support + both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by + the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add + journal support to other file systems or block devices such + as RAID or LVM. + + If you are using ext4dev/ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not + using ext4dev/ext4 then you will probably want to say N. + + To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be + called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4dev/ext4 into the kernel, + you cannot compile this code as a module. + +config JBD2_DEBUG + bool "JBD2 (ext4dev/ext4) debugging support" + depends on JBD2 + help + If you are using the ext4dev/ext4 journaled file system (or + potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option + allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running, + in order to help track down any problems you are having. + By default, the debugging output will be turned off. + + If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging + with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd2-debug", where N is a number between + 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging output is + generated. To turn debugging off again, do + "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd2-debug". + config FS_MBCACHE -# Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3) +# Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4) tristate - depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR - default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y - default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m + depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR + default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4DEV_FS=y + default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4DEV_FS=m config REISERFS_FS tristate "Reiserfs support" help Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced - tree. Uses journaling. + tree. Uses journalling. Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system architectural foundations. @@ -323,6 +424,7 @@ config FS_POSIX_ACL default n source "fs/xfs/Kconfig" +source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig" config OCFS2_FS tristate "OCFS2 file system support" @@ -399,6 +501,8 @@ config ROMFS_FS If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it: answer N. +endif + config INOTIFY bool "Inotify file change notification support" default y @@ -530,6 +634,7 @@ config FUSE_FS If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M. +if BLOCK menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems" config ISO9660_FS @@ -597,7 +702,9 @@ config UDF_NLS depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y) endmenu +endif +if BLOCK menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems" config FAT_FS @@ -782,6 +889,7 @@ config NTFS_RW It is perfectly safe to say N here. endmenu +endif menu "Pseudo filesystems" @@ -826,6 +934,25 @@ config PROC_VMCORE help Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. +config PROC_SYSCTL + bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED + depends on PROC_FS + select SYSCTL + default y + ---help--- + The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing + certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring + a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary + interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of + modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the + /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files + in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this + option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. + + As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless + building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very + limited in memory. + config SYSFS bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED default y @@ -862,6 +989,19 @@ config TMPFS See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details. +config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL + bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists" + depends on TMPFS + select GENERIC_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 HUGETLBFS bool "HugeTLB file system support" depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || BROKEN @@ -907,7 +1047,7 @@ menu "Miscellaneous filesystems" config ADFS_FS tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL help The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC @@ -935,7 +1075,7 @@ config ADFS_FS_RW config AFFS_FS tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL help The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y @@ -955,9 +1095,21 @@ config AFFS_FS To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called affs. If unsure, say N. +config ECRYPT_FS + tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO + help + Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See + <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about + eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be + obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>. + + To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called ecryptfs. + config HFS_FS tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL select NLS help If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted @@ -970,6 +1122,7 @@ config HFS_FS config HFSPLUS_FS tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support" + depends on BLOCK select NLS select NLS_UTF8 help @@ -983,7 +1136,7 @@ config HFSPLUS_FS config BEFS_FS tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL select NLS help The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's @@ -991,7 +1144,7 @@ config BEFS_FS on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports - extremly large volumes and files. + extremely large volumes and files. If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one of the NLS (native language support) options below. @@ -1010,7 +1163,7 @@ config BEFS_DEBUG config BFS_FS tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL help Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important @@ -1032,7 +1185,7 @@ config BFS_FS config EFS_FS tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL help EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer @@ -1047,9 +1200,9 @@ config EFS_FS config JFFS_FS tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support" - depends on MTD + depends on MTD && BLOCK help - JFFS is the Journaling Flash File System developed by Axis + JFFS is the Journalling Flash File System developed by Axis Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>). @@ -1219,7 +1372,7 @@ config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY bool "priority" help - Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first + Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first successful one. config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE @@ -1232,6 +1385,7 @@ endchoice config CRAMFS tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)" + depends on BLOCK select ZLIB_INFLATE help Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File @@ -1251,6 +1405,7 @@ config CRAMFS config VXFS_FS tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)" + depends on BLOCK help FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM) file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system @@ -1268,6 +1423,7 @@ config VXFS_FS config HPFS_FS tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support" + depends on BLOCK help OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk @@ -1284,6 +1440,7 @@ config HPFS_FS config QNX4FS_FS tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)" + depends on BLOCK help This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP). @@ -1311,6 +1468,7 @@ config QNX4FS_RW config SYSV_FS tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support" + depends on BLOCK help SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y @@ -1319,7 +1477,7 @@ config SYSV_FS If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order - to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a + to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse, UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is available via FTP (user: ftp) from @@ -1349,6 +1507,7 @@ config SYSV_FS config UFS_FS tristate "UFS file system support (read only)" + depends on BLOCK help BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V @@ -1471,8 +1630,8 @@ config NFS_V4 If unsure, say N. config NFS_DIRECTIO - bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL + bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files" + depends on NFS_FS help This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT @@ -1903,7 +2062,7 @@ config AFS_FS If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access. - See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more intormation. + See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information. If unsure, say N. @@ -1921,15 +2080,22 @@ config 9P_FS If unsure, say N. +config GENERIC_ACL + bool + select FS_POSIX_ACL + endmenu +if BLOCK menu "Partition Types" source "fs/partitions/Kconfig" endmenu +endif source "fs/nls/Kconfig" +source "fs/dlm/Kconfig" endmenu |