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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300
commit8d91c1e411f55d7ea91b1183a2e9f8088fb4d5be (patch)
treee9891aa6c295060d065adffd610c4f49ecf884f3 /fs/ext4/Kconfig
parenta71852147516bc1cb5b0b3cbd13639bfd4022dc8 (diff)
Linux-libre 4.3.2-gnu
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index bf8bc8aba..b46e9fc64 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
+# Ext3 configs are here for backward compatibility with old configs which may
+# have EXT3_FS set but not EXT4_FS set and thus would result in non-bootable
+# kernels after the removal of ext3 driver.
+config EXT3_FS
+ tristate "The Extended 3 (ext3) filesystem"
+ # These must match EXT4_FS selects...
+ select EXT4_FS
+ select JBD2
+ select CRC16
+ select CRYPTO
+ select CRYPTO_CRC32C
+ help
+ This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
+ filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
+
+config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
+ bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
+ depends on EXT3_FS
+ select EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
+ select FS_POSIX_ACL
+ help
+ This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
+ filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
+
+config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
+ bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
+ depends on EXT3_FS
+ select EXT4_FS_SECURITY
+ help
+ This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
+ filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
+
config EXT4_FS
tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
+ # Please update EXT3_FS selects when changing these
select JBD2
select CRC16
select CRYPTO
@@ -16,26 +49,27 @@ config EXT4_FS
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 formatting a new filesystem as an ext4
- filesystem initially.
+ The ext4 filesystem supports mounting an ext3 filesystem; while there
+ are some performance gains from the delayed allocation and inode
+ table readahead, the best performance gains require enabling ext4
+ features in the filesystem using tune2fs, or formatting a new
+ filesystem as an ext4 filesystem initially. Without explicit enabling
+ of ext4 features, the on disk filesystem format stays fully backward
+ compatible.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
module will be called ext4.
If unsure, say N.
-config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23
- bool "Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems"
+config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT2
+ bool "Use ext4 for ext2 file systems"
depends on EXT4_FS
- depends on EXT3_FS=n || EXT2_FS=n
+ depends on EXT2_FS=n
default y
help
- Allow the ext4 file system driver code to be used for ext2 or
- ext3 file system mounts. This allows users to reduce their
+ Allow the ext4 file system driver code to be used for ext2
+ file system mounts. This allows users to reduce their
compiled kernel size by using one file system driver for
ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.