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author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2008-10-10 20:02:48 -0400 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2008-10-10 20:02:48 -0400 |
commit | 03010a3350301baac2154fa66de925ae2981b7e3 (patch) | |
tree | b1af2cecbb540faab4bd67dc1a28ad3384341d72 /fs/Kconfig | |
parent | 39d80c33a068d9fa63a36c3b2c0d718d38440dd1 (diff) |
ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
The ext4 filesystem is getting stable enough that it's time to drop
the "dev" prefix. Also remove the requirement for the TEST_FILESYS
flag.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 88 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index abccb5dab9a8..40183d94b683 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig | |||
@@ -136,37 +136,51 @@ config EXT3_FS_SECURITY | |||
136 | If you are not using a security module that requires using | 136 | If you are not using a security module that requires using |
137 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. | 137 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |
138 | 138 | ||
139 | config EXT4DEV_FS | 139 | config EXT4_FS |
140 | tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 140 | tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem" |
141 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL | ||
142 | select JBD2 | 141 | select JBD2 |
143 | select CRC16 | 142 | select CRC16 |
144 | help | 143 | help |
145 | Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation | 144 | This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem. |
146 | extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be | ||
147 | renamed ext4 fs later, once ext4dev is mature and stabilized. | ||
148 | 145 | ||
149 | Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem, | 146 | Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem, |
150 | the on-disk format of ext4dev is not the same as ext3 any more: | 147 | the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with |
151 | it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit physical block | 148 | ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit |
152 | numbers. These combined on-disk format changes will allow | 149 | physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed |
153 | ext4dev/ext4 to handle more than 16 TB filesystem volumes -- | 150 | allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps, |
154 | a hard limit that ext3 cannot overcome without changing the | 151 | and a number of other features to improve performance and speed |
155 | on-disk format. | 152 | up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at |
156 | 153 | http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org. | |
157 | Other than extent maps and 48-bit block numbers, ext4dev also is | 154 | |
158 | likely to have other new features such as persistent preallocation, | 155 | The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3 |
159 | high resolution time stamps, and larger file support etc. These | 156 | filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from |
160 | features will be added to ext4dev gradually. | 157 | the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best |
158 | performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the | ||
159 | filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4 | ||
160 | filesystem initially. | ||
161 | 161 | ||
162 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The | 162 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The |
163 | module will be called ext4dev. | 163 | module will be called ext4dev. |
164 | 164 | ||
165 | If unsure, say N. | 165 | If unsure, say N. |
166 | 166 | ||
167 | config EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR | 167 | config EXT4DEV_COMPAT |
168 | bool "Ext4dev extended attributes" | 168 | bool "Enable ext4dev compatibility" |
169 | depends on EXT4DEV_FS | 169 | depends on EXT4_FS |
170 | help | ||
171 | Starting with 2.6.28, the name of the ext4 filesystem was | ||
172 | renamed from ext4dev to ext4. Unfortunately there are some | ||
173 | lagecy userspace programs (such as klibc's fstype) have | ||
174 | "ext4dev" hardcoded. | ||
175 | |||
176 | To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are | ||
177 | still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev, | ||
178 | chose Y here. This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so | ||
179 | please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed! | ||
180 | |||
181 | config EXT4_FS_XATTR | ||
182 | bool "Ext4 extended attributes" | ||
183 | depends on EXT4_FS | ||
170 | default y | 184 | default y |
171 | help | 185 | help |
172 | Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by | 186 | Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by |
@@ -175,11 +189,11 @@ config EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR | |||
175 | 189 | ||
176 | If unsure, say N. | 190 | If unsure, say N. |
177 | 191 | ||
178 | You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4dev/ext4. | 192 | You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4. |
179 | 193 | ||
180 | config EXT4DEV_FS_POSIX_ACL | 194 | config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL |
181 | bool "Ext4dev POSIX Access Control Lists" | 195 | bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists" |
182 | depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR | 196 | depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR |
183 | select FS_POSIX_ACL | 197 | select FS_POSIX_ACL |
184 | help | 198 | help |
185 | POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and | 199 | POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and |
@@ -190,14 +204,14 @@ config EXT4DEV_FS_POSIX_ACL | |||
190 | 204 | ||
191 | If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N | 205 | If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N |
192 | 206 | ||
193 | config EXT4DEV_FS_SECURITY | 207 | config EXT4_FS_SECURITY |
194 | bool "Ext4dev Security Labels" | 208 | bool "Ext4 Security Labels" |
195 | depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR | 209 | depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR |
196 | help | 210 | help |
197 | Security labels support alternative access control models | 211 | Security labels support alternative access control models |
198 | implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option | 212 | implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option |
199 | enables an extended attribute handler for file security | 213 | enables an extended attribute handler for file security |
200 | labels in the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem. | 214 | labels in the ext4 filesystem. |
201 | 215 | ||
202 | If you are not using a security module that requires using | 216 | If you are not using a security module that requires using |
203 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. | 217 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |
@@ -240,22 +254,22 @@ config JBD2 | |||
240 | help | 254 | help |
241 | This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support | 255 | This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support |
242 | both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by | 256 | both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by |
243 | the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add | 257 | the ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add |
244 | journal support to other file systems or block devices such | 258 | journal support to other file systems or block devices such |
245 | as RAID or LVM. | 259 | as RAID or LVM. |
246 | 260 | ||
247 | If you are using ext4dev/ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not | 261 | If you are using ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not |
248 | using ext4dev/ext4 then you will probably want to say N. | 262 | using ext4 then you will probably want to say N. |
249 | 263 | ||
250 | To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be | 264 | To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be |
251 | called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4dev/ext4 into the kernel, | 265 | called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4 into the kernel, |
252 | you cannot compile this code as a module. | 266 | you cannot compile this code as a module. |
253 | 267 | ||
254 | config JBD2_DEBUG | 268 | config JBD2_DEBUG |
255 | bool "JBD2 (ext4dev/ext4) debugging support" | 269 | bool "JBD2 (ext4) debugging support" |
256 | depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS | 270 | depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS |
257 | help | 271 | help |
258 | If you are using the ext4dev/ext4 journaled file system (or | 272 | If you are using the ext4 journaled file system (or |
259 | potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option | 273 | potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option |
260 | allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running, | 274 | allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running, |
261 | in order to help track down any problems you are having. | 275 | in order to help track down any problems you are having. |
@@ -270,9 +284,9 @@ config JBD2_DEBUG | |||
270 | config FS_MBCACHE | 284 | config FS_MBCACHE |
271 | # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4) | 285 | # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4) |
272 | tristate | 286 | tristate |
273 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR | 287 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS_XATTR |
274 | default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4DEV_FS=y | 288 | default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4_FS=y |
275 | default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4DEV_FS=m | 289 | default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4_FS=m |
276 | 290 | ||
277 | config REISERFS_FS | 291 | config REISERFS_FS |
278 | tristate "Reiserfs support" | 292 | tristate "Reiserfs support" |