The deprecation will take place in two parts. Support for mounting V4
filesystems can now be disabled at kernel build time via Kconfig option.
-The option will default to yes until September 2025, at which time it
-will be changed to default to no. In September 2030, support will be
-removed from the codebase entirely.
+These options were changed to default to no in September 2025. In
+September 2030, support will be removed from the codebase entirely.
Note: Distributors may choose to withdraw V4 format support earlier than
the dates listed above.
config XFS_SUPPORT_V4
bool "Support deprecated V4 (crc=0) format"
depends on XFS_FS
- default y
+ default n
help
The V4 filesystem format lacks certain features that are supported
by the V5 format, such as metadata checksumming, strengthened
filesystem is a V4 filesystem. If no such string is found, please
upgrade xfsprogs to the latest version and try again.
- This option will become default N in September 2025. Support for the
+ This option became default N in September 2025. Support for the
V4 format will be removed entirely in September 2030. Distributors
can say N here to withdraw support earlier.
config XFS_SUPPORT_ASCII_CI
bool "Support deprecated case-insensitive ascii (ascii-ci=1) format"
depends on XFS_FS
- default y
+ default n
help
The ASCII case insensitivity filesystem feature only works correctly
on systems that have been coerced into using ISO 8859-1, and it does
filesystem is a case-insensitive filesystem. If no such string is
found, please upgrade xfsprogs to the latest version and try again.
- This option will become default N in September 2025. Support for the
+ This option became default N in September 2025. Support for the
feature will be removed entirely in September 2030. Distributors
can say N here to withdraw support earlier.