1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 tristate "NTFS Read-Write file system support"
6 select LEGACY_DIRECT_IO
8 Windows OS native file system (NTFS) support up to NTFS version 3.1.
10 Y or M enables the NTFS3 driver with full features enabled (read,
11 write, journal replaying, sparse/compressed files support).
12 File system type to use on mount is "ntfs3". Module name (M option)
15 Documentation: <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst>
17 config NTFS3_64BIT_CLUSTER
18 bool "64 bits per NTFS clusters"
19 depends on NTFS3_FS && 64BIT
21 Windows implementation of ntfs.sys uses 32 bits per clusters.
22 If activated 64 bits per clusters you will be able to use 4k cluster
23 for 16T+ volumes. Windows will not be able to mount such volumes.
25 It is recommended to say N here.
27 config NTFS3_LZX_XPRESS
28 bool "activate support of external compressions lzx/xpress"
31 In Windows 10 one can use command "compact" to compress any files.
32 4 possible variants of compression are: xpress4k, xpress8k, xpress16k and lzx.
33 If activated you will be able to read such files correctly.
35 It is recommended to say Y here.
37 config NTFS3_FS_POSIX_ACL
38 bool "NTFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
42 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights
43 for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme,
44 and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for ntfs
46 NOTE: this is linux only feature. Windows will ignore these ACLs.
48 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
51 tristate "NTFS file system support"
56 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. NTFS
57 filesystem is now handled by the NTFS3 driver.