diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.rst similarity index 91% rename from Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt rename to Documentation/filesystems/ext2.rst index 94c2cf0292f5..d83dbbb162e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + The Second Extended Filesystem ============================== @@ -14,8 +16,9 @@ Options Most defaults are determined by the filesystem superblock, and can be set using tune2fs(8). Kernel-determined defaults are indicated by (*). -bsddf (*) Makes `df' act like BSD. -minixdf Makes `df' act like Minix. +==================== === ================================================ +bsddf (*) Makes ``df`` act like BSD. +minixdf Makes ``df`` act like Minix. check=none, nocheck (*) Don't do extra checking of bitmaps on mount (check=normal and check=strict options removed) @@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ quota, usrquota Enable user disk quota support grpquota Enable group disk quota support (requires CONFIG_QUOTA). +==================== === ================================================ noquota option ls silently ignored by ext2. @@ -294,9 +298,9 @@ respective fsck programs. If you're exceptionally paranoid, there are 3 ways of making metadata writes synchronous on ext2: -per-file if you have the program source: use the O_SYNC flag to open() -per-file if you don't have the source: use "chattr +S" on the file -per-filesystem: add the "sync" option to mount (or in /etc/fstab) +- per-file if you have the program source: use the O_SYNC flag to open() +- per-file if you don't have the source: use "chattr +S" on the file +- per-filesystem: add the "sync" option to mount (or in /etc/fstab) the first and last are not ext2 specific but do force the metadata to be written synchronously. See also Journaling below. @@ -316,10 +320,12 @@ Most of these limits could be overcome with slight changes in the on-disk format and using a compatibility flag to signal the format change (at the expense of some compatibility). -Filesystem block size: 1kB 2kB 4kB 8kB - -File size limit: 16GB 256GB 2048GB 2048GB -Filesystem size limit: 2047GB 8192GB 16384GB 32768GB +===================== ======= ======= ======= ======== +Filesystem block size 1kB 2kB 4kB 8kB +===================== ======= ======= ======= ======== +File size limit 16GB 256GB 2048GB 2048GB +Filesystem size limit 2047GB 8192GB 16384GB 32768GB +===================== ======= ======= ======= ======== There is a 2.4 kernel limit of 2048GB for a single block device, so no filesystem larger than that can be created at this time. There is also @@ -370,19 +376,24 @@ ext4 and journaling. References ========== +======================= =============================================== The kernel source file:/usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/ e2fsprogs (e2fsck) http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ Design & Implementation http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2intro.html Journaling (ext3) ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/jfs/ Filesystem Resizing http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net/ -Compression (*) http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ +Compression [1]_ http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ +======================= =============================================== Implementations for: -Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs -Windows 95 (*) http://www.yipton.net/content.html#FSDEXT2 -DOS client (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ -OS/2 (+) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ -RISC OS client http://www.esw-heim.tu-clausthal.de/~marco/smorbrod/IscaFS/ -(*) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Apr 2001) -(+) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Mar 2009) +======================= =========================================================== +Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs +Windows 95 [1]_ http://www.yipton.net/content.html#FSDEXT2 +DOS client [1]_ ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ +OS/2 [2]_ ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ +RISC OS client http://www.esw-heim.tu-clausthal.de/~marco/smorbrod/IscaFS/ +======================= =========================================================== + +.. [1] no longer actively developed/supported (as of Apr 2001) +.. [2] no longer actively developed/supported (as of Mar 2009) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index 03a493b27920..102b3b65486a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. ecryptfs efivarfs erofs + ext2 fuse overlayfs virtiofs