[PATCH] remove outdated ext2 help text parts

The patch below solves Bugzilla #3014 by removing much outdated information
from the ext2 help text.

The help text is now very short, but few correct information is better than
outdated information - and if you think it's too short, feel free to send a
patch that adds more current information.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 486091442af8b5fa90d9c0c2ddd09fc8817e98b9..fe7868a8e0f30a91d033952cd5f66bb5c40f4661 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -7,47 +7,14 @@ menu "File systems"
 config EXT2_FS
        tristate "Second extended fs support"
        help
-         This is the de facto standard Linux file system (method to organize
-         files on a storage device) for hard disks.
-
-         You want to say Y here, unless you intend to use Linux exclusively
-         from inside a DOS partition using the UMSDOS file system. The
-         advantage of the latter is that you can get away without
-         repartitioning your hard drive (which often implies backing
-         everything up and restoring afterwards); the disadvantage is that
-         Linux becomes susceptible to DOS viruses and that UMSDOS is somewhat
-         slower than ext2fs. Even if you want to run Linux in this fashion,
-         it might be a good idea to have ext2fs around: it enables you to
-         read more floppy disks and facilitates the transition to a *real*
-         Linux partition later. Another (rare) case which doesn't require
-         ext2fs is a diskless Linux box which mounts all files over the
-         network using NFS (in this case it's sufficient to say Y to "NFS
-         file system support" below). Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel
-         by about 44 KB.
-
-         The Ext2fs-Undeletion mini-HOWTO, available from
-         <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, gives information about
-         how to retrieve deleted files on ext2fs file systems.
-
-         To change the behavior of ext2 file systems, you can use the tune2fs
-         utility ("man tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and
-         directories on ext2 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr").
-
-         Ext2fs partitions can be read from within DOS using the ext2tool
-         command line tool package (available from
-         <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/>) and from
-         within Windows NT using the ext2nt command line tool package from
-         <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/dos/>.  Explore2fs is a
-         graphical explorer for ext2fs partitions which runs on Windows 95
-         and Windows NT and includes experimental write support; it is
-         available from
-         <http://jnewbigin-pc.it.swin.edu.au/Linux/Explore2fs.htm>.
+         Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
 
          To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
          module will be called ext2.  Be aware however that the file system
          of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
-         be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.  Most
-         everyone wants to say Y here.
+         be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.
+
+         If unsure, say Y.
 
 config EXT2_FS_XATTR
        bool "Ext2 extended attributes"