1 # Ext3 configs are here for backward compatibility with old configs which may
2 # have EXT3_FS set but not EXT4_FS set and thus would result in non-bootable
3 # kernels after the removal of ext3 driver.
5 tristate "The Extended 3 (ext3) filesystem"
6 # These must match EXT4_FS selects...
13 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
14 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
16 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
17 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
19 select EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
22 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
23 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
25 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
26 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
28 select EXT4_FS_SECURITY
30 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
31 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
34 tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
35 # Please update EXT3_FS selects when changing these
42 This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
44 Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
45 the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with
46 ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
47 physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
48 allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
49 and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
50 up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
51 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
53 The ext4 filesystem supports mounting an ext3 filesystem; while there
54 are some performance gains from the delayed allocation and inode
55 table readahead, the best performance gains require enabling ext4
56 features in the filesystem using tune2fs, or formatting a new
57 filesystem as an ext4 filesystem initially. Without explicit enabling
58 of ext4 features, the on disk filesystem format stays fully backward
61 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
62 module will be called ext4.
66 config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT2
67 bool "Use ext4 for ext2 file systems"
72 Allow the ext4 file system driver code to be used for ext2
73 file system mounts. This allows users to reduce their
74 compiled kernel size by using one file system driver for
75 ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
77 config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
78 bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
82 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
83 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
85 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
87 config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
88 bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
91 Security labels support alternative access control models
92 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
93 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
94 labels in the ext4 filesystem.
96 If you are not using a security module that requires using
97 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
99 config EXT4_ENCRYPTION
100 bool "Ext4 Encryption"
104 Enable encryption of ext4 files and directories. This
105 feature is similar to ecryptfs, but it is more memory
106 efficient since it avoids caching the encrypted and
107 decrypted pages in the page cache.
109 config EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION
112 depends on EXT4_ENCRYPTION
115 bool "EXT4 debugging support"
118 Enables run-time debugging support for the ext4 filesystem.
120 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
121 with a command such as:
122 echo 1 > /sys/module/ext4/parameters/mballoc_debug