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diff --git a/fs/ext2/Kconfig b/fs/ext2/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d5bce83ad --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/ext2/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +config EXT2_FS + tristate "Second extended fs support (DEPRECATED)" + select BUFFER_HEAD + select FS_IOMAP + help + Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. + + This filesystem driver is deprecated because it does not properly + support inode time stamps beyond 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038. + + Ext2 users are advised to use ext4 driver to access their filesystem. + The driver is fully compatible, supports filesystems without journal + or extents, and also supports larger time stamps if the filesystem + is created with at least 256 byte inodes. + + This code is kept as a simple reference for filesystem developers. + + If unsure, say N. + +config EXT2_FS_XATTR + bool "Ext2 extended attributes" + depends on EXT2_FS + help + Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by + the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page for details). + + If unsure, say N. + +config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL + bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists" + depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR + select FS_POSIX_ACL + help + Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and + groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. + + If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N + +config EXT2_FS_SECURITY + bool "Ext2 Security Labels" + depends on EXT2_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 ext2 filesystem. + + If you are not using a security module that requires using + extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |