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diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7505482a08f --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +config EXT4_FS + tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem" + select JBD2 + select CRC16 + help + This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem. + + Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem, + the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with + ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit + physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed + allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps, + and a number of other features to improve performance and speed + up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at + http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org. + + The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3 + filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from + the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best + performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the + filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4 + filesystem initially. + + To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The + module will be called ext4. + + If unsure, say N. + +config EXT4DEV_COMPAT + bool "Enable ext4dev compatibility" + depends on EXT4_FS + help + Starting with 2.6.28, the name of the ext4 filesystem was + renamed from ext4dev to ext4. Unfortunately there are some + legacy userspace programs (such as klibc's fstype) have + "ext4dev" hardcoded. + + To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are + still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev, + chose Y here. This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so + please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed! + +config EXT4_FS_XATTR + bool "Ext4 extended attributes" + depends on EXT4_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 ext4. + +config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL + bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists" + depends on EXT4_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 EXT4_FS_SECURITY + bool "Ext4 Security Labels" + depends on EXT4_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 ext4 filesystem. + + If you are not using a security module that requires using + extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |