| Thomas Gleixner | ec8f24b | 2019-05-19 13:07:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | config EXT2_FS |
| 3 | tristate "Second extended fs support" |
| Christoph Hellwig | 8b1e707 | 2021-07-20 15:33:39 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | select FS_IOMAP |
| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | help |
| 6 | Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the |
| 9 | module will be called ext2. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | config EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 14 | bool "Ext2 extended attributes" |
| 15 | depends on EXT2_FS |
| 16 | help |
| 17 | Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by |
| Adam Borowski | 91581e4 | 2017-12-20 14:58:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page for details). |
| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
| 20 | If unsure, say N. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL |
| 23 | bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists" |
| 24 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 25 | select FS_POSIX_ACL |
| 26 | help |
| 27 | Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and |
| 28 | groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. |
| 29 | |
| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N |
| 31 | |
| 32 | config EXT2_FS_SECURITY |
| 33 | bool "Ext2 Security Labels" |
| 34 | depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR |
| 35 | help |
| 36 | Security labels support alternative access control models |
| 37 | implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option |
| 38 | enables an extended attribute handler for file security |
| 39 | labels in the ext2 filesystem. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | If you are not using a security module that requires using |
| 42 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |