ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
The ext4 filesystem is getting stable enough that it's time to drop
the "dev" prefix. Also remove the requirement for the TEST_FILESYS
flag.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index abccb5da..40183d9 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -136,37 +136,51 @@
If you are not using a security module that requires using
extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
-config EXT4DEV_FS
- tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+config EXT4_FS
+ tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
select JBD2
select CRC16
help
- Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation
- extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be
- renamed ext4 fs later, once ext4dev is mature and stabilized.
+ This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
- the on-disk format of ext4dev is not the same as ext3 any more:
- it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit physical block
- numbers. These combined on-disk format changes will allow
- ext4dev/ext4 to handle more than 16 TB filesystem volumes --
- a hard limit that ext3 cannot overcome without changing the
- on-disk format.
+ 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.
- Other than extent maps and 48-bit block numbers, ext4dev also is
- likely to have other new features such as persistent preallocation,
- high resolution time stamps, and larger file support etc. These
- features will be added to ext4dev gradually.
+ 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 formating 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 ext4dev.
If unsure, say N.
-config EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
- bool "Ext4dev extended attributes"
- depends on EXT4DEV_FS
+config EXT4DEV_COMPAT
+ bool "Enable ext4dev compatibility"
+ depends on EXT4_FS
+ help
+ Starting with 2.6.28, the name of the ext4 filesystem was
+ renamed from ext4dev to ext4. Unfortunately there are some
+ lagecy userspace programs (such as klibc's fstype) have
+ "ext4dev" hardcoded.
+
+ To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are
+ still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev,
+ chose Y here. This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so
+ please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed!
+
+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
@@ -175,11 +189,11 @@
If unsure, say N.
- You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4dev/ext4.
+ You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4.
-config EXT4DEV_FS_POSIX_ACL
- bool "Ext4dev POSIX Access Control Lists"
- depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
+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
@@ -190,14 +204,14 @@
If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
-config EXT4DEV_FS_SECURITY
- bool "Ext4dev Security Labels"
- depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
+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 ext4dev/ext4 filesystem.
+ labels in the ext4 filesystem.
If you are not using a security module that requires using
extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
@@ -240,22 +254,22 @@
help
This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
- the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
+ the ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
journal support to other file systems or block devices such
as RAID or LVM.
- If you are using ext4dev/ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
- using ext4dev/ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
+ If you are using ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
+ using ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be
- called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4dev/ext4 into the kernel,
+ called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4 into the kernel,
you cannot compile this code as a module.
config JBD2_DEBUG
- bool "JBD2 (ext4dev/ext4) debugging support"
+ bool "JBD2 (ext4) debugging support"
depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS
help
- If you are using the ext4dev/ext4 journaled file system (or
+ If you are using the ext4 journaled file system (or
potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option
allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running,
in order to help track down any problems you are having.
@@ -270,9 +284,9 @@
config FS_MBCACHE
# Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4)
tristate
- depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
- default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4DEV_FS=y
- default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4DEV_FS=m
+ depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS_XATTR
+ default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4_FS=y
+ default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4_FS=m
config REISERFS_FS
tristate "Reiserfs support"