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| 1 | config NILFS2_FS | ||
| 2 | tristate "NILFS2 file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | ||
| 3 | depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL | ||
| 4 | select CRC32 | ||
| 5 | help | ||
| 6 | NILFS2 is a log-structured file system (LFS) supporting continuous | ||
| 7 | snapshotting. In addition to versioning capability of the entire | ||
| 8 | file system, users can even restore files mistakenly overwritten or | ||
| 9 | destroyed just a few seconds ago. Since this file system can keep | ||
| 10 | consistency like conventional LFS, it achieves quick recovery after | ||
| 11 | system crashes. | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | NILFS2 creates a number of checkpoints every few seconds or per | ||
| 14 | synchronous write basis (unless there is no change). Users can | ||
| 15 | select significant versions among continuously created checkpoints, | ||
| 16 | and can change them into snapshots which will be preserved for long | ||
| 17 | periods until they are changed back to checkpoints. Each | ||
| 18 | snapshot is mountable as a read-only file system concurrently with | ||
| 19 | its writable mount, and this feature is convenient for online backup. | ||
| 20 | |||
| 21 | Some features including atime, extended attributes, and POSIX ACLs, | ||
| 22 | are not supported yet. | ||
| 23 | |||
| 24 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the | ||
| 25 | module will be called nilfs2. If unsure, say N. | ||
