| config EXT4_FS |
| tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem" |
| select JBD2 |
| select CRC16 |
| help |
| This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem. |
| |
| Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem, |
| the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with |
| ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit |
| physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed |
| allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps, |
| and a number of other features to improve performance and speed |
| 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. |
| |
| To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The |
| module will be called ext4. |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| config EXT4_FS_XATTR |
| bool "Ext4 extended attributes" |
| depends on EXT4_FS |
| default y |
| 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). |
| |
| If unsure, say N. |
| |
| You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4. |
| |
| config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL |
| bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists" |
| depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR |
| select FS_POSIX_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 EXT4_FS_SECURITY |
| bool "Ext4 Security Labels" |
| depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR |
| help |
| Security labels support alternative access control models |
| implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option |
| enables an extended attribute handler for file security |
| labels in the ext4 filesystem. |
| |
| If you are not using a security module that requires using |
| extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |
| |
| config EXT4_DEBUG |
| bool "EXT4 debugging support" |
| depends on EXT4_FS |
| help |
| Enables run-time debugging support for the ext4 filesystem. |
| |
| If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging |
| with a command such as "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ext4/mballoc-debug" |
