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+config EXT4_FS
+ tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
+ select JBD2
+ select CRC16
+ help
+ This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
+
+ Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
+ the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with
+ ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
+ physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
+ allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
+ and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
+ up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
+ http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
+
+ The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3
+ filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
+ the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
+ performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
+ filesystem, or formatting a new filesystem as an ext4
+ filesystem initially.
+
+ To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
+ module will be called ext4.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23
+ bool "Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems"
+ depends on EXT4_FS
+ depends on EXT3_FS=n || EXT2_FS=n
+ default y
+ help
+ Allow the ext4 file system driver code to be used for ext2 or
+ ext3 file system mounts. This allows users to reduce their
+ compiled kernel size by using one file system driver for
+ ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
+
+config EXT4_FS_XATTR
+ bool "Ext4 extended attributes"
+ depends on EXT4_FS
+ default y
+ help
+ Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
+ the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
+ <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+ You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4.
+
+config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
+ bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
+ depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
+ select FS_POSIX_ACL
+ help
+ POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
+ groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
+
+ To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
+ Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
+
+ If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
+
+config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
+ bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
+ depends on EXT4_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 ext4 filesystem.
+
+ If you are not using a security module that requires using
+ extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
+
+config EXT4_DEBUG
+ bool "EXT4 debugging support"
+ depends on EXT4_FS
+ help
+ Enables run-time debugging support for the ext4 filesystem.
+
+ If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
+ with a command such as "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ext4/mballoc-debug"