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diff --git a/fs/Config.help b/fs/Config.help index 930dfda728f6..a8aa70563cf5 100644 --- a/fs/Config.help +++ b/fs/Config.help @@ -576,6 +576,37 @@ CONFIG_HPFS_FS say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say N. +CONFIG_NTFS_FS + 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 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>. 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 disable, 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 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y |