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author | Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 |
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committer | Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> | 2009-01-22 13:15:55 +0300 |
commit | 1c6ace019bce5e918a3d6cd53948652e14850644 (patch) | |
tree | 1c281fc75ba80301baba1f89c3623f30be36af86 /fs/Kconfig | |
parent | ddfaccd995b2d1bb1df4461ee9403ba9fdcbee04 (diff) | |
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fs/Kconfig: move fat out
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index b4868b8fd999..fdb2c351b4a7 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -132,103 +132,7 @@ endif # BLOCK if BLOCK menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems" -config FAT_FS - tristate - select NLS - help - If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and - VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here - to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or - diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the - files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all - other Unix files. - - This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides - the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or - M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in - order to make use of it. - - Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive - partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the - mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in - order to do that. - - If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a - Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS - file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program - available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). - - The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, - say Y. - - To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called - fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you - cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel - -- they will have to be modules as well. - -config MSDOS_FS - tristate "MSDOS fs support" - select FAT_FS - help - This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless - they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under - Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the - DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in - <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you - intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y - here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes - transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all - other Unix files. - - If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS - partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs - support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames - generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. - - This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, - answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" - as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will - be called msdos. - -config VFAT_FS - tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" - select FAT_FS - help - This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with - long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems - used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix - programs from the mtools package. - - The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only - works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read - the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If - unsure, say Y. - - To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called - vfat. - -config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE - int "Default codepage for FAT" - depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS - default 437 - help - This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. - It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. - See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. - -config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET - string "Default iocharset for FAT" - depends on VFAT_FS - default "iso8859-1" - help - Set this to the default input/output character set you'd - like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set - that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden - with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. - Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. - If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here. - See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. +source "fs/fat/Kconfig" config NTFS_FS tristate "NTFS file system support" |