| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config EXT2_FS |
| 2 | tristate "Second extended fs support" |
| 3 | help |
| 4 | Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the |
| 7 | module will be called ext2. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | config EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 12 | bool "Ext2 extended attributes" |
| 13 | depends on EXT2_FS |
| 14 | help |
| 15 | Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by |
| 16 | the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit |
| 17 | <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). |
| 18 | |
| 19 | If unsure, say N. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL |
| 22 | bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists" |
| 23 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 24 | select FS_POSIX_ACL |
| 25 | help |
| 26 | Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and |
| 27 | groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for |
| 30 | Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N |
| 33 | |
| 34 | config EXT2_FS_SECURITY |
| 35 | bool "Ext2 Security Labels" |
| 36 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 37 | help |
| 38 | Security labels support alternative access control models |
| 39 | implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option |
| 40 | enables an extended attribute handler for file security |
| 41 | labels in the ext2 filesystem. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | If you are not using a security module that requires using |
| 44 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | config EXT2_FS_XIP |
| 47 | bool "Ext2 execute in place support" |
| 48 | depends on EXT2_FS && MMU |
| 49 | help |
| 50 | Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you |
| 51 | enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are |
| 52 | capable of this feature without using the page cache. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this, |
| 55 | or if unsure, say N. |