config EXT2_FS
tristate "Second extended fs support"
help
- Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
+ This is the de facto standard Linux file system (method to organize
+ files on a storage device) for hard disks.
+
+ You want to say Y here, unless you intend to use Linux exclusively
+ from inside a DOS partition using the UMSDOS file system. The
+ advantage of the latter is that you can get away without
+ repartitioning your hard drive (which often implies backing
+ everything up and restoring afterwards); the disadvantage is that
+ Linux becomes susceptible to DOS viruses and that UMSDOS is somewhat
+ slower than ext2fs. Even if you want to run Linux in this fashion,
+ it might be a good idea to have ext2fs around: it enables you to
+ read more floppy disks and facilitates the transition to a *real*
+ Linux partition later. Another (rare) case which doesn't require
+ ext2fs is a diskless Linux box which mounts all files over the
+ network using NFS (in this case it's sufficient to say Y to "NFS
+ file system support" below). Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel
+ by about 44 KB.
+
+ The Ext2fs-Undeletion mini-HOWTO, available from
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, gives information about
+ how to retrieve deleted files on ext2fs file systems.
+
+ To change the behavior of ext2 file systems, you can use the tune2fs
+ utility ("man tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and
+ directories on ext2 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr").
+
+ Ext2fs partitions can be read from within DOS using the ext2tool
+ command line tool package (available from
+ <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/>) and from
+ within Windows NT using the ext2nt command line tool package from
+ <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/dos/>. Explore2fs is a
+ graphical explorer for ext2fs partitions which runs on Windows 95
+ and Windows NT and includes experimental write support; it is
+ available from
+ <http://jnewbigin-pc.it.swin.edu.au/Linux/Explore2fs.htm>.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system
of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
- be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
+ be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. Most
+ everyone wants to say Y here.
config EXT2_FS_XATTR
bool "Ext2 extended attributes"
If unsure, say N.
-config UDF_NLS
- bool
- default y
- depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
-
endmenu
menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
config FAT_FS
- tristate
+ tristate "DOS FAT fs support"
select NLS
help
If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS,
config MSDOS_FS
tristate "MSDOS fs support"
- select FAT_FS
+ depends on FAT_FS
help
This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
config VFAT_FS
tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
- select FAT_FS
+ depends on FAT_FS
help
This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
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.
-
-config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
- string "Default iocharset for FAT"
- depends on VFAT_FS
- default "iso8859-1"
- help
- Set this to the default I/O 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 overridded with the 'iocharset'
- mount option for FAT filesystems. Note that UTF8 is *not* a
- supported charset for FAT filesystems.
-
config UMSDOS_FS
#dep_tristate ' UMSDOS: Unix-like file system on top of standard MSDOS fs' CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS $CONFIG_MSDOS_FS
# UMSDOS is temprory broken
config JFFS_PROC_FS
bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem"
- depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS
+ depends on JFFS_FS && PROC
help
Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems
to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory.
config JFFS2_FS
tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
- select CRC32
depends on MTD
+ select CRC32
+ select ZLIB_INFLATE
+ select ZLIB_DEFLATE
help
JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
config JFFS2_FS_NAND
- bool "JFFS2 support for NAND flash"
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- default n
- help
- This enables the support for NAND flash in JFFS2. NAND is a newer
- type of flash chip design than the traditional NOR flash, with
- higher density but a handful of characteristics which make it more
- interesting for the file system to use.
-
- Say 'N' unless you have NAND flash.
-
-config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
- depends on JFFS2_FS
+ bool "JFFS2 support for NAND flash (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
default n
help
- Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
- compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
- compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
- and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
- write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
+ This enables the experimental support for NAND flash in JFFS2. NAND
+ is a newer type of flash chip design than the traditional NOR flash,
+ with higher density but a handful of characteristics which make it
+ more interesting for the file system to use. Support for NAND flash
+ is not yet complete and may corrupt data. For further information,
+ including a link to the mailing list where details of the remaining
+ work to be completed for NAND flash support can be found, see the
+ JFFS2 web site at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2>.
- If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
-
-config JFFS2_ZLIB
- bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- select ZLIB_INFLATE
- select ZLIB_DEFLATE
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- default y
- help
- Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
- lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
- hardware and operating system. See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ for
- further information.
-
- Say 'Y' if unsure.
-
-config JFFS2_RTIME
- bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- default y
- help
- Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
-
-config JFFS2_RUBIN
- bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- default n
- help
- RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
-
-choice
- prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- help
- You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
- the avaiable compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
-
-config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
- bool "no compression"
- help
- Uses no compression.
-
-config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
- bool "priority"
- help
- Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
- successful one.
-
-config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
- bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- help
- Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
- result.
-
-endchoice
+ Say 'N' unless you have NAND flash and you are willing to test and
+ develop JFFS2 support for it.
config CRAMFS
tristate "Compressed ROM file system support"
If unsure, say N.
config NFSD_TCP
- bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
- depends on NFSD
- default y
+ bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on NFSD && EXPERIMENTAL
help
- If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
- TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
- the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
+ Enable NFS service over TCP connections. This the officially
+ still experimental, but seems to work well.
config ROOT_NFS
bool "Root file system on NFS"
smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
config CIFS
- tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
+ tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)(EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on INET
select NLS
help
depends on CIFS
help
Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
- mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
-
-config CIFS_XATTR
- bool "CIFS extended attributes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on CIFS
- 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). CIFS maps the name of
- extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
- to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
- user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
- prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
- (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
- this time.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-config CIFS_POSIX
- bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on CIFS
- help
- Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
- negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
- or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
- than Windows like) file behavior. If unsure, say N.
+ mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData
config NCP_FS
tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
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