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diff --git a/fs/Config.help b/fs/Config.help index 8ccc8207858e..2cd9e8a86cc9 100644 --- a/fs/Config.help +++ b/fs/Config.help @@ -581,33 +581,36 @@ CONFIG_HPFS_FS say N. CONFIG_NTFS_FS - NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT. Say Y if you want - to get read access to files on NTFS partitions of your hard drive. - The Linux NTFS driver supports most of the mount options of the VFAT - driver, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>. Saying Y here - will give you read-only access to NTFS partitions. + NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP. For more + information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>. Saying Y + here would allow you to read from NTFS partitions. - This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be + This file system is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called ntfs.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. -CONFIG_NTFS_RW - If you say Y here, you will (maybe) be able to write to NTFS file - systems as well as read from them. The read-write support in NTFS - is far from being complete and is not well tested. If you say Y - here, back up your NTFS volume first, since it will probably get - damaged. Also, download the Linux-NTFS project distribution from - Sourceforge at <http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/> and always run the - included ntfsfix utility after writing to an NTFS partition from - Linux to fix some of the damage done by the driver. You should run - ntfsfix _after_ unmounting the partition in Linux but _before_ - rebooting into Windows. When Windows next boots, chkdsk will be - run automatically to fix the remaining damage. - Please note that write support is limited to Windows NT4 and - earlier versions. - - If unsure, say N. + If you are not using Windows NT/2000/XP in addition to Linux on your + computer it is safe to say N. + +CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG + If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say + Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be + performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to + be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are + disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1 + at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option + to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active, + you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root): + echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug + Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages. + + If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little + overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant + slowdown of the system. + + When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of + debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring. CONFIG_SYSV_FS SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel |