Thomas Gleixner | ec8f24b | 2019-05-19 13:07:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | config FAT_FS |
| 3 | tristate |
| 4 | select NLS |
| 5 | help |
| 6 | If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and |
| 7 | VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here |
| 8 | to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or |
| 9 | diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the |
| 10 | files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all |
| 11 | other Unix files. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides |
| 14 | the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or |
| 15 | M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in |
| 16 | order to make use of it. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive |
| 19 | partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the |
| 20 | mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in |
| 21 | order to do that. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a |
| 24 | Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS |
| 25 | file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program |
| 26 | available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). |
| 27 | |
| 28 | The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, |
| 29 | say Y. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| 32 | fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you |
| 33 | cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel |
| 34 | -- they will have to be modules as well. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | config MSDOS_FS |
| 37 | tristate "MSDOS fs support" |
| 38 | select FAT_FS |
| 39 | help |
| 40 | This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless |
| 41 | they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under |
| 42 | Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the |
| 43 | DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from |
Alexander A. Klimov | 4ecfed6 | 2020-08-11 18:35:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in |
Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you |
| 46 | intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y |
| 47 | here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes |
| 48 | transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all |
| 49 | other Unix files. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS |
| 52 | partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs |
| 53 | support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames |
| 54 | generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, |
| 57 | answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" |
| 58 | as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| 59 | be called msdos. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | config VFAT_FS |
| 62 | tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" |
| 63 | select FAT_FS |
| 64 | help |
| 65 | This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with |
| 66 | long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems |
| 67 | used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix |
| 68 | programs from the mtools package. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only |
| 71 | works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 72ef5e5 | 2020-04-14 18:48:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst> for details. If |
Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | unsure, say Y. |
| 74 | |
| 75 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| 76 | vfat. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE |
| 79 | int "Default codepage for FAT" |
David Gow | b0d4ada | 2021-04-15 23:56:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | depends on FAT_FS |
Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | default 437 |
| 82 | help |
| 83 | This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. |
| 84 | It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 72ef5e5 | 2020-04-14 18:48:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst> for more information. |
Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | |
| 87 | config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET |
| 88 | string "Default iocharset for FAT" |
| 89 | depends on VFAT_FS |
| 90 | default "iso8859-1" |
| 91 | help |
| 92 | Set this to the default input/output character set you'd |
| 93 | like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set |
| 94 | that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden |
| 95 | with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. |
| 96 | Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. |
Maciej S. Szmigiero | 3873938 | 2016-03-22 14:25:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here - select the next option |
| 98 | instead if you would like to use UTF-8 encoded file names by default. |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 72ef5e5 | 2020-04-14 18:48:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst> for more information. |
Alan Cox | d29a2e9 | 2009-04-17 12:22:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | |
| 101 | Enable any character sets you need in File Systems/Native Language |
| 102 | Support. |
Maciej S. Szmigiero | 3873938 | 2016-03-22 14:25:30 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | |
| 104 | config FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 |
| 105 | bool "Enable FAT UTF-8 option by default" |
| 106 | depends on VFAT_FS |
| 107 | default n |
| 108 | help |
| 109 | Set this if you would like to have "utf8" mount option set |
| 110 | by default when mounting FAT filesystems. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | Even if you say Y here can always disable UTF-8 for |
| 113 | particular mount by adding "utf8=0" to mount options. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | Say Y if you use UTF-8 encoding for file names, N otherwise. |
| 116 | |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 72ef5e5 | 2020-04-14 18:48:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst> for more information. |
David Gow | b0d4ada | 2021-04-15 23:56:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
| 119 | config FAT_KUNIT_TEST |
| 120 | tristate "Unit Tests for FAT filesystems" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS |
| 121 | depends on KUNIT && FAT_FS |
| 122 | default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS |
| 123 | help |
| 124 | This builds the FAT KUnit tests |
| 125 | |
| 126 | For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, please refer |
| 127 | to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit |
| 128 | |
| 129 | If unsure, say N |