> [sneakums@zork.net]
>
> Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@optonline.net> writes:
>
> > On Saturday 26 July 2003 15:57, Tomas Szepe wrote:
> > <snip>
> >> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
> >> tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
> >> help
> >> This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system
> >> - (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
> >> + (often called ext2), the de facto standard Linux file system
> >
> > The journaling version is ext3, not ext2...
>
> But the *second* extended file system is indeed often called ext2.
Oh well, I guess I should have rephrased this wonderful little
stylistics exhibit in the first place.
diff -urN a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
--- a/fs/Kconfig 2003-06-14 23:07:12.000000000 +0200
+++ b/fs/Kconfig 2003-07-26 23:18:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
menu "File systems"
config EXT2_FS
- tristate "Second extended fs support"
+ tristate "Ext2 fs support"
help
This is the de facto standard Linux file system (method to organize
files on a storage device) for hard disks.
@@ -86,11 +86,12 @@
extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
config EXT3_FS
- tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
+ tristate "Ext3 journaling file system support"
help
- This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system
- (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
- (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
+ Ext3 is a jornaling version of the Second extended fs
+ (or just ext2fs), the de facto standard Linux filesystem
+ (method to organize files on a storage device) for block
+ devices such as hard disk partitions.
The journaling code included in this driver means you do not have
to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@
default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m
config REISERFS_FS
- tristate "Reiserfs support"
+ tristate "Reiserfs support (for v3.5 & v3.6 filesystems)"
help
Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
tree. Uses journaling.
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