ext2: mark as deprecated

Add a DEPRECATED keyword to the kernel parameter description,
to warn users that this filesystem doesn't support dates beyond 2038.

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Message-Id: <[email protected]>

Author: Michael Opdenacker

fs/ext2/Kconfig

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config EXT2_FS
-	tristate "Second extended fs support"
+	tristate "Second extended fs support (DEPRECATED)"
 	select BUFFER_HEAD
 	select FS_IOMAP
 	select LEGACY_DIRECT_IO
 	help
 	  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.
+	  This filesystem driver is deprecated because it does not properly
+	  support inode time stamps beyond 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038.
 
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+	  Ext2 users are advised to use ext4 driver to access their filesystem.
+	  The driver is fully compatible, supports filesystems without journal
+          or extents, and also supports larger time stamps if the filesystem
+          is created with at least 256 byte inodes.
+
+	  This code is kept as a simple reference for filesystem developers.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	bool "Ext2 extended attributes"