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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext2/Kconfig | 15 |
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diff --git a/fs/ext2/Kconfig b/fs/ext2/Kconfig index 74d98965902e..d6cfb1849580 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/Kconfig +++ b/fs/ext2/Kconfig @@ -1,16 +1,23 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only config EXT2_FS - tristate "Second extended fs support" + tristate "Second extended fs support (DEPRECATED)" select BUFFER_HEAD select FS_IOMAP select LEGACY_DIRECT_IO help Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. - To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called ext2. + This filesystem driver is deprecated because it does not properly + support inode time stamps beyond 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038. - If unsure, say Y. + Ext2 users are advised to use ext4 driver to access their filesystem. + The driver is fully compatible, supports filesystems without journal + or extents, and also supports larger time stamps if the filesystem + is created with at least 256 byte inodes. + + This code is kept as a simple reference for filesystem developers. + + If unsure, say N. config EXT2_FS_XATTR bool "Ext2 extended attributes" |