tristate "EROFS filesystem support"
depends on BLOCK
help
- EROFS(Enhanced Read-Only File System) is a lightweight
+ EROFS (Enhanced Read-Only File System) is a lightweight
read-only file system with modern designs (eg. page-sized
blocks, inline xattrs/data, etc.) for scenarios which need
- high-performance read-only requirements, eg. firmwares in
- mobile phone or LIVECDs.
+ high-performance read-only requirements, e.g. Android OS
+ for mobile phones and LIVECDs.
- It also provides VLE compression support, focusing on
- random read improvements, keeping relatively lower
- compression ratios, which is useful for high-performance
- devices with limited memory and ROM space.
+ It also provides fixed-sized output compression support,
+ which improves storage density, keeps relatively higher
+ compression ratios, which is more useful to achieve high
+ performance for embedded devices with limited memory.
If unsure, say N.
bool "EROFS debugging feature"
depends on EROFS_FS
help
- Print EROFS debugging messages and enable more BUG_ONs
- which check the filesystem consistency aggressively.
+ Print debugging messages and enable more BUG_ONs which check
+ filesystem consistency and find potential issues aggressively,
+ which can be used for Android eng build, for example.
For daily use, say N.
+config EROFS_FAULT_INJECTION
+ bool "EROFS fault injection facility"
+ depends on EROFS_FS
+ help
+ Test EROFS to inject faults such as ENOMEM, EIO, and so on.
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config EROFS_FS_XATTR
bool "EROFS extended attributes"
depends on EROFS_FS
config EROFS_FS_SECURITY
bool "EROFS Security Labels"
depends on EROFS_FS_XATTR
+ default y
help
Security labels provide an access control facility to support Linux
Security Models (LSMs) accepted by AppArmor, SELinux, Smack and TOMOYO
If you are not using a security module, say N.
-config EROFS_FAULT_INJECTION
- bool "EROFS fault injection facility"
- depends on EROFS_FS
- help
- Test EROFS to inject faults such as ENOMEM, EIO, and so on.
- If unsure, say N.
-
config EROFS_FS_ZIP
- bool "EROFS Data Compresssion Support"
+ bool "EROFS Data Compression Support"
depends on EROFS_FS
select LZ4_DECOMPRESS
+ default y
help
- Currently we support LZ4 VLE Compression only.
- Play at your own risk.
+ Enable fixed-sized output compression for EROFS.
- If you don't want to use compression feature, say N.
+ If you don't want to enable compression feature, say N.
config EROFS_FS_CLUSTER_PAGE_LIMIT
int "EROFS Cluster Pages Hard Limit"
range 1 256
default "1"
help
- Indicates VLE compressed pages hard limit of a
- compressed cluster.
+ Indicates maximum # of pages of a compressed
+ physical cluster.
- For example, if files of a image are compressed
- into 8k-unit, the hard limit should not be less
- than 2. Otherwise, the image cannot be mounted
- correctly on this kernel.
+ For example, if files in a image were compressed
+ into 8k-unit, hard limit should not be configured
+ less than 2. Otherwise, the image will be refused
+ to mount on this kernel.