Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:37:17 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | [2.6 patch] remove outdated ext2 help text parts |
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The patch below solves Bugzilla #3014 by removing much outdated information from the ext2 help text.
The help text is now very short, but few correct information is better than outdated information - and if you think it's too short, feel free to send a patch that adds more current information.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
--- linux-2.6.7-mm7-full/fs/Kconfig.old 2004-07-10 04:19:14.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.7-mm7-full/fs/Kconfig 2004-07-10 04:27:23.000000000 +0200 @@ -7,47 +7,14 @@ config EXT2_FS tristate "Second extended fs support" help - This is the de facto standard Linux file system (method to organize - files on a storage device) for hard disks. - - You want to say Y here, unless you intend to use Linux exclusively - from inside a DOS partition using the UMSDOS file system. The - advantage of the latter is that you can get away without - repartitioning your hard drive (which often implies backing - everything up and restoring afterwards); the disadvantage is that - Linux becomes susceptible to DOS viruses and that UMSDOS is somewhat - slower than ext2fs. Even if you want to run Linux in this fashion, - it might be a good idea to have ext2fs around: it enables you to - read more floppy disks and facilitates the transition to a *real* - Linux partition later. Another (rare) case which doesn't require - ext2fs is a diskless Linux box which mounts all files over the - network using NFS (in this case it's sufficient to say Y to "NFS - file system support" below). Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel - by about 44 KB. - - The Ext2fs-Undeletion mini-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, gives information about - how to retrieve deleted files on ext2fs file systems. - - To change the behavior of ext2 file systems, you can use the tune2fs - utility ("man tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and - directories on ext2 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). - - Ext2fs partitions can be read from within DOS using the ext2tool - command line tool package (available from - <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/>) and from - within Windows NT using the ext2nt command line tool package from - <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/dos/>. Explore2fs is a - graphical explorer for ext2fs partitions which runs on Windows 95 - and Windows NT and includes experimental write support; it is - available from - <http://jnewbigin-pc.it.swin.edu.au/Linux/Explore2fs.htm>. + Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot - be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. Most - everyone wants to say Y here. + be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. + + If unsure, say Y. config EXT2_FS_XATTR bool "Ext2 extended attributes" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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