From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: ext2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] remove outdated ext2 help text parts
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:37:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040710023717.GD28324@fs.tum.de> (raw)
The patch below solves Bugzilla #3014 by removing much outdated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than outdated information - and if you think it's too short, feel free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"
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