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diff --git a/fs/fat/Kconfig b/fs/fat/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d0a69ff2537 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/fat/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +config FAT_FS + tristate + select NLS + help + If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and + VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here + to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or + diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the + files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all + other Unix files. + + This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides + the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or + M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in + order to make use of it. + + Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive + partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the + mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in + order to do that. + + If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a + Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS + file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program + available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). + + The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, + say Y. + + To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called + fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you + cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel + -- they will have to be modules as well. + +config MSDOS_FS + tristate "MSDOS fs support" + select FAT_FS + help + This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless + they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under + Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the + DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in + <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you + intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y + here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes + transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all + other Unix files. + + If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS + partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs + support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames + generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. + + This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, + answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" + as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will + be called msdos. + +config VFAT_FS + tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" + select FAT_FS + help + This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with + long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems + used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix + programs from the mtools package. + + The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only + works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read + the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If + unsure, say Y. + + To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called + vfat. + +config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE + int "Default codepage for FAT" + depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS + default 437 + help + This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. + It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. + See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. + +config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET + string "Default iocharset for FAT" + depends on VFAT_FS + default "iso8859-1" + help + Set this to the default input/output character set you'd + like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set + that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden + with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. + Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. + If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here. + See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. |