Using The Misc filesystems sub-menu for layered/stackable filesystems only makes it harder for users to find eCryptfs/Unionfs. Additionally, the menu can be easily turned into a menuconfig, which could be used to turn on any VFS/VM functionality required by layered filesystems (there is none at the moment). Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/Kconfig | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index cf46c71..99ea991 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -1041,6 +1041,41 @@ config CONFIGFS_FS endmenu +menu "Layered filesystems" + +config ECRYPT_FS + tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO + help + Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See + <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about + eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be + obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>. + + To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called ecryptfs. + +config UNION_FS + tristate "Union file system (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + Unionfs is a stackable unification file system, which appears to + merge the contents of several directories (branches), while keeping + their physical content separate. + + See <http://www.unionfs.org> for details + +config UNION_FS_XATTR + bool "Unionfs extended attributes" + depends on UNION_FS + help + Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by + the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page). + + If unsure, say N. + +endmenu + menu "Miscellaneous filesystems" config ADFS_FS @@ -1093,18 +1128,6 @@ config AFFS_FS To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called affs. If unsure, say N. -config ECRYPT_FS - tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO - help - Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See - <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about - eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be - obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>. - - To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called ecryptfs. - config HFS_FS tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL @@ -1554,25 +1577,6 @@ config UFS_DEBUG Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be written to the system log. -config UNION_FS - tristate "Union file system (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL - help - Unionfs is a stackable unification file system, which appears to - merge the contents of several directories (branches), while keeping - their physical content separate. - - See <http://www.unionfs.org> for details - -config UNION_FS_XATTR - bool "Unionfs extended attributes" - depends on UNION_FS - help - Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by - the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page). - - If unsure, say N. - endmenu menu "Network File Systems" -- 1.5.0.rc3.g5057 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
