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@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ config EXT4_FS
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up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
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http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
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- The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3
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- filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
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- the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
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- performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
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- filesystem, or formatting a new filesystem as an ext4
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- filesystem initially.
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+ The ext4 filesystem supports mounting an ext3 filesystem; while there
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+ are some performance gains from the delayed allocation and inode
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+ table readahead, the best performance gains require enabling ext4
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+ features in the filesystem using tune2fs, or formatting a new
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+ filesystem as an ext4 filesystem initially. Without explicit enabling
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+ of ext4 features, the on disk filesystem format stays fully backward
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+ compatible.
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To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
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module will be called ext4.
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