menu "File systems"
+if BLOCK
+
config EXT2_FS
tristate "Second extended fs support"
help
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
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.
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.
source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
config OCFS2_FS
- tristate "OCFS2 file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on NET && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
+ depends on NET && SYSFS
select CONFIGFS_FS
select JBD
select CRC32
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
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
depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
endmenu
+endif
+if BLOCK
menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
config FAT_FS
It is perfectly safe to say N here.
endmenu
+endif
menu "Pseudo filesystems"
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
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
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
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
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
config HFSPLUS_FS
tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
+ depends on BLOCK
select NLS
select NLS_UTF8
help
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
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.
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
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
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/>).
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
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
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
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
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).
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
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
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
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
config CIFS_DEBUG2
bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
+ depends on CIFS
help
Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
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.
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"