tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
select JBD2
+ select CRC16
help
Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation
extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be
config JBD_DEBUG
bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
- depends on JBD
+ depends on JBD && DEBUG_FS
help
If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
debugging output will be turned off.
If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
- with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between
- 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is
- generated. To turn debugging off again, do
- "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug".
+ with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug", where N is a
+ number between 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging
+ output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
+ "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug".
config JBD2
tristate
+ select CRC32
help
This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
config JBD2_DEBUG
bool "JBD2 (ext4dev/ext4) debugging support"
- depends on JBD2
+ depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS
help
If you are using the ext4dev/ext4 journaled file system (or
potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option
By default, the debugging output will be turned off.
If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
- with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd2-debug", where N is a number between
- 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging output is
- generated. To turn debugging off again, do
- "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd2-debug".
+ with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug", where N is a
+ number between 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging
+ output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
+ "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug".
config FS_MBCACHE
# Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4)
to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
config FS_POSIX_ACL
-# Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
+# Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs/nfs4)
#
# NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
# Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
bool
default n
+config FILE_LOCKING
+ bool "Enable POSIX file locking API" if EMBEDDED
+ default y
+ help
+ This option enables standard file locking support, required
+ for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
+ call. Disabling this option saves about 11k.
+
source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
- Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
- - extended attributes
- - shared writeable mmap
- - loopback is supported, but data written will not
- be cluster coherent.
- - quotas
- - cluster aware flock
- - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
- - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
- - POSIX ACLs
- - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
+ For more information on OCFS2, see the file
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
+
+config OCFS2_FS_O2CB
+ tristate "O2CB Kernelspace Clustering"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS
+ default y
+ help
+ OCFS2 includes a simple kernelspace clustering package, the OCFS2
+ Cluster Base. It only requires a very small userspace component
+ to configure it. This comes with the standard ocfs2-tools package.
+ O2CB is limited to maintaining a cluster for OCFS2 file systems.
+ It cannot manage any other cluster applications.
+
+ It is always safe to say Y here, as the clustering method is
+ run-time selectable.
+
+config OCFS2_FS_USERSPACE_CLUSTER
+ tristate "OCFS2 Userspace Clustering"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS && DLM
+ default y
+ help
+ This option will allow OCFS2 to use userspace clustering services
+ in conjunction with the DLM in fs/dlm. If you are using a
+ userspace cluster manager, say Y here.
+
+ It is safe to say Y, as the clustering method is run-time
+ selectable.
+
+config OCFS2_FS_STATS
+ bool "OCFS2 statistics"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS
+ default y
+ help
+ This option allows some fs statistics to be captured. Enabling
+ this option may increase the memory consumption.
config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
bool "OCFS2 logging support"
This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
ocfs2 filesystem issues.
-config MINIX_FS
- tristate "Minix fs support"
+config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
+ bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS
+ default n
help
- Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
- The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
- partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
- but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
- You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
- because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
- on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
- by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
+ This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
+ this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
+ performance of the filesystem.
- To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
- partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
- a module.
+endif # BLOCK
-config ROMFS_FS
- tristate "ROM file system support"
- ---help---
- This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
- initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
- other read-only media as well. Read
- <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
-
- To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
- root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
- module.
-
- If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
- answer N.
+config DNOTIFY
+ bool "Dnotify support"
+ default y
+ help
+ Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
+ that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
+ superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
+ dnotify.
-endif
+ If unsure, say Y.
config INOTIFY
bool "Inotify file change notification support"
including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
notification.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
+config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
+ bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
+ depends on QUOTA && NET
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
+ say Y.
+
+config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
+ bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
+ depends on QUOTA
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
+ Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
+ future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
+
config QFMT_V1
tristate "Old quota format support"
depends on QUOTA
depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
default y
-config DNOTIFY
- bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
- default y
- help
- Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
- that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
- superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
- dnotify.
-
- Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
-
config AUTOFS_FS
tristate "Kernel automounter support"
help
config UDF_FS
tristate "UDF file system support"
+ select CRC_ITU_T
help
This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
endmenu
-endif
+endif # BLOCK
if BLOCK
menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
from the project web site.
For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
- and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
+ and <http://www.linux-ntfs.org/>.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called ntfs.
It is perfectly safe to say N here.
endmenu
-endif
+endif # BLOCK
menu "Pseudo filesystems"
-config PROC_FS
- bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
- default y
- help
- This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
- of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
- your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
- you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
- version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
-
- It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
- information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
- (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
- that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
- often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
- to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
- information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
-
- Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
- meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
- That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
- /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
-
- The /proc file system is explained in the file
- <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
- ("man 5 proc").
-
- This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
- programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
-
-config PROC_KCORE
- bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
- depends on PROC_FS && MMU
-
-config PROC_VMCORE
- bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
- default y
- help
- Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
-
-config PROC_SYSCTL
- bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
- depends on PROC_FS
- select SYSCTL
- default y
- ---help---
- The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
- certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
- a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
- interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
- modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
- /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
- in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
- option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
-
- As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
- building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
- limited in memory.
+source "fs/proc/Kconfig"
config SYSFS
bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
config HUGETLBFS
bool "HugeTLB file system support"
- depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || BROKEN
+ depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || (SUPERH && MMU) || \
+ (S390 && 64BIT) || BROKEN
help
hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
config HUGETLB_PAGE
def_bool HUGETLBFS
-config RAMFS
- bool
- default y
- ---help---
- Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
- read and write access.
-
- It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If
- you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
- tmpfs.
-
- To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
- ramfs.
-
config CONFIGFS_FS
- tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
+ depends on SYSFS
help
configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
help
Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
- <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
help
If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
- Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
- options.
+ Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
+ the available mount options.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called hfs.
depends on BEFS_FS
help
If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
- debugging output from the driver.
+ debugging output from the driver.
config BFS_FS
tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
<http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
-
+
If unsure, say N.
config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
help
Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
-
+
To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
-
+
If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
enables an extended attribute handler for file security
labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
-
+
If you are not using a security module that requires using
extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
help
Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
- compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
+ compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
select LZO_COMPRESS
select LZO_DECOMPRESS
depends on JFFS2_FS
- default y
+ default n
help
minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
- Say 'Y' if unsure.
+ This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
+ compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
config JFFS2_RTIME
bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
endchoice
+# UBIFS File system configuration
+source "fs/ubifs/Kconfig"
+
config CRAMFS
tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
depends on BLOCK
To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
+config MINIX_FS
+ tristate "Minix file system support"
+ depends on BLOCK
+ help
+ Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
+ The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
+ partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
+ but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
+ You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
+ because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
+ on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
+ by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
+
+ To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
+ partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
+ a module.
+
+config OMFS_FS
+ tristate "SonicBlue Optimized MPEG File System support"
+ depends on BLOCK
+ select CRC_ITU_T
+ help
+ This is the proprietary file system used by the Rio Karma music
+ player and ReplayTV DVR. Despite the name, this filesystem is not
+ more efficient than a standard FS for MPEG files, in fact likely
+ the opposite is true. Say Y if you have either of these devices
+ and wish to mount its disk.
+
+ To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called omfs. If unsure, say N.
config HPFS_FS
tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
-
config QNX4FS_FS
tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
depends on BLOCK
It's currently broken, so for now:
answer N.
+config ROMFS_FS
+ tristate "ROM file system support"
+ depends on BLOCK
+ ---help---
+ This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
+ initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
+ other read-only media as well. Read
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
+
+ To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
+ root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
+ module.
+
+ If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
+ answer N.
config SYSV_FS
If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
-
config UFS_FS
tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
depends on BLOCK
The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
READ-ONLY supported.
- If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
- network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
- you need NFS file system support obviously).
-
Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
(and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
endmenu
-menu "Network File Systems"
+menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
+ bool "Network File Systems"
+ default y
depends on NET
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
+ filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
+ RPCSEC security modules.
+
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
+ disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
+
+if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
config NFS_FS
- tristate "NFS file system support"
+ tristate "NFS client support"
depends on INET
select LOCKD
select SUNRPC
select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
help
- If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
- (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
- on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
- protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
- the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
- client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
- programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
- support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
- Administrator's Guide, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
- nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
-
- A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
- the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
+ Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other
+ computers using Sun's Network File System protocol. To compile
+ this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called nfs.
- If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
- This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
+ To mount file systems exported by NFS servers, you also need to
+ install the user space mount.nfs command which can be found in
+ the Linux nfs-utils package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
+ Information about using the mount command is available in the
+ mount(8) man page. More detail about the Linux NFS client
+ implementation is available via the nfs(5) man page.
- To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called nfs.
+ Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
+ available in the kernel to mount NFS servers. Support for NFS
+ version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when NFS_FS is selected.
- If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
- file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
- level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
- below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
- There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
- the net: netboot, available from
- <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
- available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
+ To configure a system which mounts its root file system via NFS
+ at boot time, say Y here, select "Kernel level IP
+ autoconfiguration" in the NETWORK menu, and select "Root file
+ system on NFS" below. You cannot compile this file system as a
+ module in this case.
- If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
+ If unsure, say N.
config NFS_V3
- bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
+ bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
depends on NFS_FS
help
- Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
- 3 of the NFS protocol.
+ This option enables support for version 3 of the NFS protocol
+ (RFC 1813) in the kernel's NFS client.
If unsure, say Y.
config NFS_V3_ACL
- bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
+ bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
depends on NFS_V3
help
- Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
- Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
- the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
+ Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
+ Sun added to Solaris but never became an official part of the
+ NFS version 3 protocol. This protocol extension allows
+ applications on NFS clients to manipulate POSIX Access Control
+ Lists on files residing on NFS servers. NFS servers enforce
+ ACLs on local files whether this protocol is available or not.
+
+ Choose Y here if your NFS server supports the Solaris NFSv3 ACL
+ protocol extension and you want your NFS client to allow
+ applications to access and modify ACLs on files on the server.
+
+ Most NFS servers don't support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol
+ extension. You can choose N here or specify the "noacl" mount
+ option to prevent your NFS client from trying to use the NFSv3
+ ACL protocol.
If unsure, say N.
config NFS_V4
- bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "NFS client support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
help
- Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
- version 4 of the NFS protocol.
+ This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol
+ (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client.
- Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
+ To mount NFS servers using NFSv4, you also need to install user
+ space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
+ available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
If unsure, say N.
-config NFS_DIRECTIO
- bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files"
- depends on NFS_FS
+config ROOT_NFS
+ bool "Root file system on NFS"
+ depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
help
- This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
- in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
- is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
- cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
- directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
- no alignment restrictions.
-
- Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
- much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
- you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
- storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
- system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
- feature.
-
- For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
+ If you want your system to mount its root file system via NFS,
+ choose Y here. This is common practice for managing systems
+ without local permanent storage. For details, read
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt>.
- If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
- causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
- opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
+ Most people say N here.
config NFSD
tristate "NFS server support"
select LOCKD
select SUNRPC
select EXPORTFS
- select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
- select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
- select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
- select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
- select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
help
- If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
- computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
- directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
- use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
- should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
- server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
- faster.
+ Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
+ files residing on this system using Sun's Network File System
+ protocol. To compile the NFS server support as a module,
+ choose M here: the module will be called nfsd.
- In either case, you will need support software; the respective
- locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
- NFS section.
+ You may choose to use a user-space NFS server instead, in which
+ case you can choose N here.
- If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
- protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
- as well.
+ To export local file systems using NFS, you also need to install
+ user space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils
+ package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/. More detail about
+ the Linux NFS server implementation is available via the
+ exports(5) man page.
- Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+ Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
+ available to clients mounting the NFS server on this system.
+ Support for NFS version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when
+ CONFIG_NFSD is selected.
- To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
+ If unsure, say N.
config NFSD_V2_ACL
bool
depends on NFSD
config NFSD_V3
- bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
+ bool "NFS server support for NFS version 3"
depends on NFSD
help
- If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
- server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
+ This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
+ version 3 of the NFS protocol (RFC 1813).
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config NFSD_V3_ACL
- bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
+ bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
depends on NFSD_V3
+ select NFSD_V2_ACL
help
- Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
- Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
- be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
- CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
+ Solaris NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
+ never became an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
+ This protocol extension allows applications on NFS clients to
+ manipulate POSIX Access Control Lists on files residing on NFS
+ servers. NFS servers enforce POSIX ACLs on local files whether
+ this protocol is available or not.
+
+ This option enables support in your system's NFS server for the
+ NFSv3 ACL protocol extension allowing NFS clients to manipulate
+ POSIX ACLs on files exported by your system's NFS server. NFS
+ clients which support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol can then
+ access and modify ACLs on your NFS server.
+
+ To store ACLs on your NFS server, you also need to enable ACL-
+ related CONFIG options for your local file systems of choice.
-config NFSD_V4
- bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
- help
- If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
- and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
- should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
If unsure, say N.
-config NFSD_TCP
- bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
- depends on NFSD
- default y
+config NFSD_V4
+ bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on NFSD && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ select NFSD_V3
+ select FS_POSIX_ACL
+ select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
help
- If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
- TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
- the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
+ This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
+ version 4 of the NFS protocol (RFC 3530).
-config ROOT_NFS
- bool "Root file system on NFS"
- depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
- help
- If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
- one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
- net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
- say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
- likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
- autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
- at boot time.
+ To export files using NFSv4, you need to install additional user
+ space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
+ available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
- Most people say N here.
+ If unsure, say N.
config LOCKD
tristate
config SUNRPC_GSS
tristate
-config SUNRPC_BIND34
- bool "Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
+ tristate
+ depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default SUNRPC && INFINIBAND
+ help
+ This option enables an RPC client transport capability that
+ allows the NFS client to mount servers via an RDMA-enabled
+ transport.
+
+ To compile RPC client RDMA transport support as a module,
+ choose M here: the module will be called xprtrdma.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config SUNRPC_REGISTER_V4
+ bool "Register local RPC services via rpcbind v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
help
- Provides kernel support for querying rpcbind servers via versions 3
- and 4 of the rpcbind protocol. The kernel automatically falls back
- to version 2 if a remote rpcbind service does not support versions
- 3 or 4.
+ Sun added support for registering RPC services at an IPv6
+ address by creating two new versions of the rpcbind protocol
+ (RFC 1833).
+
+ This option enables support in the kernel RPC server for
+ registering kernel RPC services via version 4 of the rpcbind
+ protocol. If you enable this option, you must run a portmapper
+ daemon that supports rpcbind protocol version 4.
- If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (version 2 rpcbind
- requests only).
+ Serving NFS over IPv6 from knfsd (the kernel's NFS server)
+ requires that you enable this option and use a portmapper that
+ supports rpcbind version 4.
+
+ If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (register kernel
+ RPC services using only rpcbind version 2). Distributions
+ using the legacy Linux portmapper daemon must say N here.
config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
select CRYPTO_DES
select CRYPTO_CBC
help
- Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
- mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
- NFSv4.
+ Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the Kerberos version 5
+ GSS-API mechanism (RFC 1964).
- Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
+ Secure RPC calls with Kerberos require an auxiliary user-space
+ daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
+ available from http://linux-nfs.org/. In addition, user-space
+ Kerberos support should be installed.
If unsure, say N.
select CRYPTO_CAST5
select CRYPTO_CBC
help
- Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
- mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
+ Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the SPKM3 public key
+ GSS-API mechansim (RFC 2025).
- Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
+ Secure RPC calls with SPKM3 require an auxiliary userspace
+ daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
+ available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
If unsure, say N.
config SMB_FS
- tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
+ tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)"
depends on INET
select NLS
help
General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
- To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
- be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
+ To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here:
+ the module will be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
bool "Use a default NLS"
smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
config CIFS
- tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
+ tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
depends on INET
select NLS
help
file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
- support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
-
- The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
- network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
- including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
- session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
- packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
+ support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
+ well.
+
+ The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
+ client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
+ support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
+ session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
+ safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
+ signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
config CIFS_STATS
(since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
- SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
+ SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
+ establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
- have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
+ have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
- is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
- automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
+ is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
+ used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
can be set to required (or optional) either in
/proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
- option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
+ option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
attack.
-
+
If unsure, say N.
+config CIFS_UPCALL
+ bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup"
+ depends on CIFS && KEYS
+ help
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
+ userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
+ Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
+ (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
+ unsure, say N.
+
config CIFS_XATTR
bool "CIFS extended attributes"
depends on CIFS
messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
option can be turned off unless you are debugging
cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
-
+
config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
(which is disabled by default). See the file fs/cifs/README
for more details. If unsure, say N.
-config CIFS_UPCALL
- bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+ bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
- depends on CONNECTOR
+ depends on KEYS
help
- Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
- userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
- tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
- (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
- unsure, say N.
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
+ helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
+ IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
+ points. If unsure, say N.
config NCP_FS
tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called coda.
-config CODA_FS_OLD_API
- bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
- depends on CODA_FS
- help
- A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
- to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
- new realms implementation.
-
- However this new API is not backward compatible with older
- clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
- cache manager then say Y.
-
- For most cases you probably want to say N.
-
config AFS_FS
tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
config 9P_FS
tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on INET && NET_9P && EXPERIMENTAL
help
If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
If unsure, say N.
-endmenu
+endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
if BLOCK
menu "Partition Types"
source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"
endmenu
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