11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# File system configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "File systems" 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds 71da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT2_FS 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Second extended fs support" 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks. 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous. 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT2_FS_XATTR 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext2 extended attributes" 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT2_FS 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists" 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT2_FS_SECURITY 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext2 Security Labels" 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the ext2 filesystem. 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 536d79125bSCarsten Otteconfig EXT2_FS_XIP 546d79125bSCarsten Otte bool "Ext2 execute in place support" 556d79125bSCarsten Otte depends on EXT2_FS 566d79125bSCarsten Otte help 576d79125bSCarsten Otte Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you 586d79125bSCarsten Otte enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are 596d79125bSCarsten Otte capable of this feature without using the page cache. 606d79125bSCarsten Otte 616d79125bSCarsten Otte If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this, 626d79125bSCarsten Otte or if unsure, say N. 636d79125bSCarsten Otte 646d79125bSCarsten Otteconfig FS_XIP 656d79125bSCarsten Otte# execute in place 666d79125bSCarsten Otte bool 676d79125bSCarsten Otte depends on EXT2_FS_XIP 686d79125bSCarsten Otte default y 696d79125bSCarsten Otte 701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support" 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds The journaling code included in this driver means you do not have 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds is consistent without the need for a lengthy check. 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds system. 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>). 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called ext3. Be aware however that the file system 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous. 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_XATTR 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext3 extended attributes" 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT3_FS 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists" 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_SECURITY 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ext3 Security Labels" 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the ext3 filesystem. 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JBD 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds# CONFIG_JBD could be its own option (even modular), but until there are 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds# other users than ext3, we will simply make it be the same as CONFIG_EXT3_FS 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds# dep_tristate ' Journal Block Device support (JBD for ext3)' CONFIG_JBD $CONFIG_EXT3_FS 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds default EXT3_FS 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a generic journaling layer for block devices. It is 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently used by the ext3 file system, but it could also be used to 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds add journal support to other file systems or block devices such as 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID or LVM. 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are using the ext3 file system, you need to say Y here. If 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds you are not using ext3 then you will probably want to say N. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 into the kernel, you cannot 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile this code as a module. 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JBD_DEBUG 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support" 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JBD 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help track down any problems you are having. By default the 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds debugging output will be turned off. 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds generated. To turn debugging off again, do 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug". 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FS_MBCACHE 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3) 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_FS 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Reiserfs support" 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tree. Uses journaling. 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds architectural foundations. 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links. 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is more easily extended to have features currently found in 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds make source code open.'' 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs. 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com. 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS. 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_CHECK 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode" 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on REISERFS_FS 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds everyone should say N. 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_PROC_INFO 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs" 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on REISERFS_FS 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount. 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning 2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds reiserfs or tracing problems should say N. 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_FS_XATTR 2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "ReiserFS extended attributes" 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on REISERFS_FS 2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 2371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). 2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2391da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL 2421da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists" 2431da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR 2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_FS_SECURITY 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "ReiserFS Security Labels" 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the ReiserFS filesystem. 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_FS 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "JFS filesystem support" 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>. 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N. 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_POSIX_ACL 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists" 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFS_FS 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_SECURITY 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFS Security Labels" 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFS_FS 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the jfs filesystem. 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_DEBUG 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFS debugging" 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFS_FS 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds results in very little overhead. 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_STATISTICS 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFS statistics" 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFS_FS 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory. 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FS_POSIX_ACL 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs) 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds# NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does). 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Never use this symbol for ifdefs. 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL || EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL || JFS_POSIX_ACL || REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL || NFSD_V4 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3241da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/xfs/Kconfig" 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MINIX_FS 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Minix fs support" 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's. 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux, 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs. 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N. 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds a module. 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROMFS_FS 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ROM file system support" 3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds other read-only media as well. Read 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details. 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds module. 3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it: 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer N. 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QUOTA 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Quota support" 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the 3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds shutdown. You need additional software in order to use quota support 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds (you can download sources from 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.sf.net/projects/linuxquota/>). For further details, read 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds multi user systems. If unsure, say N. 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QFMT_V1 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Old quota format support" 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on QUOTA 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds format say Y here. 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QFMT_V2 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Quota format v2 support" 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on QUOTA 3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this functionality say Y here. Note that you will need recent 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds quota utilities (>= 3.01) for new quota format with this kernel. 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QUOTACTL 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DNOTIFY 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds dnotify. 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Because of this, if unsure, say Y. 4051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AUTOFS_FS 4071da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Kernel automounter support" 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce 4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon. 4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs 4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below. 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support", 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be 4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds called autofs. 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here. 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AUTOFS4_FS 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)" 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon. 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below. 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules configuration file. 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or 4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds N here. 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems" 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISO9660_FS 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support" 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously 4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than 4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read 4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO, 4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N. 4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called isofs. 4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JOLIET 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions" 4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ISO9660_FS 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system 4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the 4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds characters of almost all languages of the world; see 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you 4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux. 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZISOFS 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Transparent decompression extension" 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ISO9660_FS 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds able to read such compressed CD-ROMs. 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZISOFS_FS 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds# for fs/nls/Config.in 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ZISOFS 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds default ISO9660_FS 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UDF_FS 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "UDF file system support" 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if 5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD. 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>. 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called udf. 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UDF_NLS 5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 5131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y) 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems" 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_FS 5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or 5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all 5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds other Unix files. 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds order to make use of it. 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds order to do that. 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is now also becoming possible to read and write compressed FAT 5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds file systems; read <file:Documentation/filesystems/fat_cvf.txt> for 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds details. 5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, 5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. 5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you 5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel 5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds -- they will have to be modules as well. 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MSDOS_FS 5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MSDOS fs support" 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds select FAT_FS 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless 5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the 5641da177e4SLinus Torvalds DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from 5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in 5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all 5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds other Unix files. 5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS 5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs 5741da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames 5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. 5761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5771da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, 5781da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" 5791da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will 5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called msdos. 5811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VFAT_FS 5831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" 5841da177e4SLinus Torvalds select FAT_FS 5851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5861da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with 5871da177e4SLinus Torvalds long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems 5881da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix 5891da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs from the mtools package. 5901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5911da177e4SLinus Torvalds The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only 5921da177e4SLinus Torvalds works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read 5931da177e4SLinus Torvalds the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If 5941da177e4SLinus Torvalds unsure, say Y. 5951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5961da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds vfat. 5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Default codepage for FAT" 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds default 437 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. 6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET 6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds string "Default iocharset for FAT" 6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VFAT_FS 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "iso8859-1" 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Set this to the default input/output character set you'd 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set 6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. 6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. 6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here. 6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_FS 6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NTFS file system support" 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003. 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds safe, write support available. For write support you must also 6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y to "NTFS write support" below. 6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are also a number of user-space tools available, called 6321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds without NTFS support enabled in the kernel. 6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to 6371da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds from the project web site. 6391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt> 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>. 6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 6441da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called ntfs. 6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux on your computer it is safe to say N. 6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_DEBUG 6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "NTFS debugging support" 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NTFS_FS 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active, 6601da177e4SLinus Torvalds you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root): 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug 6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages. 6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little 6651da177e4SLinus Torvalds overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds slowdown of the system. 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring. 6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_RW 6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "NTFS write support" 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NTFS_FS 6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver. 6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without 6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or 6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to 6801da177e4SLinus Torvalds so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot 6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds be written to. 6821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have 6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds so far not received a single report where the driver would have 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use. 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997), 6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds is not safe. 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run 6931da177e4SLinus Torvalds on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your 6941da177e4SLinus Torvalds hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not 6951da177e4SLinus Torvalds need its own partition. For more information see 6961da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/> 6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is perfectly safe to say N here. 6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 7011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Pseudo filesystems" 7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PROC_FS 7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "/proc file system support" 7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a virtual file system providing information about the status 7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on 7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when 7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older 7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds version of the program less: you need to use more or cat. 7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives 7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment 7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer 7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention -- 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured 7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some 7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about your system gathered from the /proc file system. 7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted, 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy. 7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job. 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds The /proc file system is explained in the file 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds ("man 5 proc"). 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here. 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PROC_KCORE 7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM 7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PROC_FS && MMU 7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 737*666bfddbSVivek Goyalconfig PROC_VMCORE 738*666bfddbSVivek Goyal bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 739*666bfddbSVivek Goyal depends on PROC_FS && EMBEDDED && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP 740*666bfddbSVivek Goyal help 741*666bfddbSVivek Goyal Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. 742*666bfddbSVivek Goyal 7431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSFS 7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED 7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to 7481da177e4SLinus Torvalds export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their 7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds relationships to one another. 7501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running 7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and 7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices 7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds and other kernel subsystems. 7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in 7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices. 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root 7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For 7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. 7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEVPTS_FS_XATTR 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "/dev/pts Extended Attributes" 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on UNIX98_PTYS 7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEVPTS_FS_SECURITY 7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "/dev/pts Security Labels" 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on DEVPTS_FS_XATTR 7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the /dev/pts filesystem. 7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMPFS 7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)" 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory. 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap 7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds lost. 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details. 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMPFS_XATTR 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "tmpfs Extended Attributes" 8031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on TMPFS 8041da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 8061da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 8071da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMPFS_SECURITY 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "tmpfs Security Labels" 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on TMPFS_XATTR 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Security labels support alternative access control models 8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option 8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables an extended attribute handler for file security 8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds labels in the tmpfs filesystem. 8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are not using a security module that requires using 8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes for file security labels, say N. 8211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HUGETLBFS 8231da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HugeTLB file system support" 8241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || X86_64 || BROKEN 8251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HUGETLB_PAGE 8271da177e4SLinus Torvalds def_bool HUGETLBFS 8281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RAMFS 8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows 8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds read and write access. 8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If 8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use 8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tmpfs. 8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8401da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds ramfs. 8421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 8441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Miscellaneous filesystems" 8461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADFS_FS 8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 8491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 8501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8511da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the 8521da177e4SLinus Torvalds RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC 8531da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y 8541da177e4SLinus Torvalds here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives 8551da177e4SLinus Torvalds and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to 8561da177e4SLinus Torvalds write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below. 8571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8581da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e., 8591da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file 8601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details. 8611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8621da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be 8631da177e4SLinus Torvalds called adfs. 8641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 8661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADFS_FS_RW 8681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)" 8691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ADFS_FS 8701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on 8721da177e4SLinus Torvalds hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental 8731da177e4SLinus Torvalds codes, so if you're unsure, say N. 8741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AFFS_FS 8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 8771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 8781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8791da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard 8801da177e4SLinus Torvalds disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y 8811da177e4SLinus Torvalds if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga 8821da177e4SLinus Torvalds FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be 8831da177e4SLinus Torvalds read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy 8841da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in 8851da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt> 8861da177e4SLinus Torvalds and <file:fs/affs/Changes>. 8871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8881da177e4SLinus Torvalds With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd 8891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator 8901da177e4SLinus Torvalds (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>). 8911da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop 8921da177e4SLinus Torvalds device support", above. 8931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8941da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 8951da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called affs. If unsure, say N. 8961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HFS_FS 8981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 8991da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 9001da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted 9021da177e4SLinus Torvalds floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access. 9031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount 9041da177e4SLinus Torvalds options. 9051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9061da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 9071da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called hfs. 9081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HFSPLUS_FS 9101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support" 9111da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 9121da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS_UTF8 9131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format 9151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access. 9161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9171da177e4SLinus Torvalds This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with 9181da177e4SLinus Torvalds MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as 9191da177e4SLinus Torvalds data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX 9201da177e4SLinus Torvalds style features such as file ownership and permissions. 9211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BEFS_FS 9231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 9251da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 9261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9271da177e4SLinus Torvalds The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's 9281da177e4SLinus Torvalds BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes 9291da177e4SLinus Torvalds on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected 9301da177e4SLinus Torvalds attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features 9311da177e4SLinus Torvalds available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports 9321da177e4SLinus Torvalds extremly large volumes and files. 9331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one 9351da177e4SLinus Torvalds of the NLS (native language support) options below. 9361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9371da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what this is about, say N. 9381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9391da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 9401da177e4SLinus Torvalds called befs. 9411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BEFS_DEBUG 9431da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug BeFS" 9441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BEFS_FS 9451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9461da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable 9471da177e4SLinus Torvalds debugging output from the driver. 9481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BFS_FS 9501da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 9521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9531da177e4SLinus Torvalds Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to 9541da177e4SLinus Torvalds allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important 9551da177e4SLinus Torvalds files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand 9561da177e4SLinus Torvalds and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare 9571da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files 9581da177e4SLinus Torvalds on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y 9591da177e4SLinus Torvalds to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS 9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system is contained in the file 9611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>. 9621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what this is about, say N. 9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9651da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one 9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module. 9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFS_FS 9721da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL 9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard 9761da177e4SLinus Torvalds disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however). 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know 9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>. 9821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called efs. 9851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_FS 9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support" 9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MTD 9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds JFFS is the Journaling Flash File System developed by Axis 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is 9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>). 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_FS_VERBOSE 9961da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)" 9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS_FS 9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "0" 9991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Determines the verbosity level of the JFFS debugging messages. 10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_PROC_FS 10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem" 10041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS 10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems 10071da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory. 10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS 10101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support" 10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MTD 10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices. 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is 10201da177e4SLinus Torvalds available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>. 10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS_DEBUG 10231da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)" 10241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10251da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "0" 10261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10271da177e4SLinus Torvalds This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2 10281da177e4SLinus Torvalds code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation, 10291da177e4SLinus Torvalds testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will 10301da177e4SLinus Torvalds enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the 10311da177e4SLinus Torvalds KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2 10321da177e4SLinus Torvalds is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain 10331da177e4SLinus Torvalds areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were 10341da177e4SLinus Torvalds located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2. 10351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the 10371da177e4SLinus Torvalds messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring. 10381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS_NAND 10401da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS2 support for NAND flash" 10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10421da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables the support for NAND flash in JFFS2. NAND is a newer 10451da177e4SLinus Torvalds type of flash chip design than the traditional NOR flash, with 10461da177e4SLinus Torvalds higher density but a handful of characteristics which make it more 10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds interesting for the file system to use. 10481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say 'N' unless you have NAND flash. 10501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS_NOR_ECC 10521da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS2 support for ECC'd NOR flash (EXPERIMENTAL)" 10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL 10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 10551da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables the experimental support for NOR flash with transparent 10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds ECC for JFFS2. This type of flash chip is not common, however it is 10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from ST Microelectronics. 10591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS 10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2" 10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10631da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which 10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing 10671da177e4SLinus Torvalds compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems, 10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you 10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel. 10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'. 10721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_ZLIB 10741da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS 10751da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_DEFLATE 10771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 10791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered, 10811da177e4SLinus Torvalds lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer 10821da177e4SLinus Torvalds hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for 10831da177e4SLinus Torvalds further information. 10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say 'Y' if unsure. 10861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_RTIME 10881da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS 10891da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10901da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 10911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure. 10931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_RUBIN 10951da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS 10961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 10971da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 10981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure. 11001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11011da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 11021da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS 11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY 11041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on JFFS2_FS 11051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from 11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure. 11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_NONE 11101da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "no compression" 11111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Uses no compression. 11131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY 11151da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "priority" 11161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first 11181da177e4SLinus Torvalds successful one. 11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE 11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)" 11221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest 11241da177e4SLinus Torvalds result. 11251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 11271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CRAMFS 11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)" 11301da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File 11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed 11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only, 11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support 11361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps. 11371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and 11391da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information. 11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 11421da177e4SLinus Torvalds cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the 11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds directory /) cannot be compiled as a module. 11441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VXFS_FS 11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)" 11491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11501da177e4SLinus Torvalds FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM) 11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system 11521da177e4SLinus Torvalds of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available 11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems. 11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Currently only readonly access is supported. 11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and 11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not 11581da177e4SLinus Torvalds the actual driver. 11591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 11611da177e4SLinus Torvalds called freevxfs. If unsure, say N. 11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPFS_FS 11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support" 11661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11671da177e4SLinus Torvalds OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS 11681da177e4SLinus Torvalds is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk 11691da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and 11701da177e4SLinus Torvalds write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2 11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this 11721da177e4SLinus Torvalds option in order to be able to read them. Read 11731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>. 11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N. 11771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QNX4FS_FS 11811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)" 11821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11831da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems 11841da177e4SLinus Torvalds QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP). 11851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>. 11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies. 11871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will 11881da177e4SLinus Torvalds only be able to read these file systems. 11891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11901da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 11911da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called qnx4. 11921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11931da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it: 11941da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer N. 11951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QNX4FS_RW 11971da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)" 11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN 11991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems. 12011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12021da177e4SLinus Torvalds It's currently broken, so for now: 12031da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer N. 12041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSV_FS 12081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support" 12091da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12101da177e4SLinus Torvalds SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel 12111da177e4SLinus Torvalds machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y 12121da177e4SLinus Torvalds here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk 12131da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions. 12141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely 12161da177e4SLinus Torvalds that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order 12171da177e4SLinus Torvalds to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a 12181da177e4SLinus Torvalds a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse, 12191da177e4SLinus Torvalds UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is 12201da177e4SLinus Torvalds available via FTP (user: ftp) from 12211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>). 12221da177e4SLinus Torvalds NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems; 12231da177e4SLinus Torvalds PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-) 12241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the 12261da177e4SLinus Torvalds network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support 12271da177e4SLinus Torvalds (but you need NFS file system support obviously). 12281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a 12301da177e4SLinus Torvalds good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes 12311da177e4SLinus Torvalds (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man 12321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has 12331da177e4SLinus Torvalds nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about 12341da177e4SLinus Torvalds the System V file system in 12351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>. 12361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB. 12371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12381da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 12391da177e4SLinus Torvalds sysv. 12401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. 12421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UFS_FS 12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "UFS file system support (read only)" 12471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, 12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V 12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using 12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from 12521da177e4SLinus Torvalds these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the 12531da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the 12541da177e4SLinus Torvalds file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information. 12551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12561da177e4SLinus Torvalds The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is 12571da177e4SLinus Torvalds READ-ONLY supported. 12581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12591da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the 12601da177e4SLinus Torvalds network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but 12611da177e4SLinus Torvalds you need NFS file system support obviously). 12621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a 12641da177e4SLinus Torvalds good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes 12651da177e4SLinus Torvalds (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man 12661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tar" or preferably "info tar"). 12671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12681da177e4SLinus Torvalds When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the 12691da177e4SLinus Torvalds NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program 12701da177e4SLinus Torvalds recode ("info recode") for this purpose. 12711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12721da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the 12731da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called ufs. 12741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12751da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. 12761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UFS_FS_WRITE 12781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)" 12791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL 12801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is 12821da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand. 12831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 12851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Network File Systems" 12871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET 12881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_FS 12901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NFS file system support" 12911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 12921da177e4SLinus Torvalds select LOCKD 12931da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SUNRPC 1294b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL 12951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer 12971da177e4SLinus Torvalds (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing 12981da177e4SLinus Torvalds on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing 12991da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access 13001da177e4SLinus Torvalds the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the 13011da177e4SLinus Torvalds client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the 13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system 13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network 13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Administrator's Guide, available from 13051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man 13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO. 13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by 13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below. 13101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also. 13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB. 13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13141da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the 13151da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called nfs. 13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root 13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel 13191da177e4SLinus Torvalds level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS" 13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case. 13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over 13221da177e4SLinus Torvalds the net: netboot, available from 13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot, 13241da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>. 13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what all this is about, say N. 13271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_V3 13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Provide NFSv3 client support" 13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFS_FS 13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version 13331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3 of the NFS protocol. 13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 13361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1337b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_V3_ACL 1338b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension" 1339b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher depends on NFS_V3 1340b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher help 1341b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX 1342b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with 1343b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option. 1344b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher 1345b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher If unsure, say N. 1346b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher 13471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_V4 13481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL 13501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer 13531da177e4SLinus Torvalds version 4 of the NFS protocol. 13541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on 13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ 13571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13581da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 13591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_DIRECTIO 13611da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL 13631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13641da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files 13651da177e4SLinus Torvalds in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT 13661da177e4SLinus Torvalds is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page 13671da177e4SLinus Torvalds cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers 13681da177e4SLinus Torvalds directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has 13691da177e4SLinus Torvalds no alignment restrictions. 13701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are 13721da177e4SLinus Torvalds much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for 13731da177e4SLinus Torvalds you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network 13741da177e4SLinus Torvalds storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing 13751da177e4SLinus Torvalds system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous 13761da177e4SLinus Torvalds feature. 13771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13781da177e4SLinus Torvalds For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c. 13791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and 13811da177e4SLinus Torvalds causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is 13821da177e4SLinus Torvalds opened with the O_DIRECT flag. 13831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD 13851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NFS server support" 13861da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 13871da177e4SLinus Torvalds select LOCKD 13881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SUNRPC 13891da177e4SLinus Torvalds select EXPORTFS 1390a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V3_ACL || NFSD_V2_ACL 13911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13921da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other 13931da177e4SLinus Torvalds computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain 13941da177e4SLinus Torvalds directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can 13951da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you 13961da177e4SLinus Torvalds should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS 13971da177e4SLinus Torvalds server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is 13981da177e4SLinus Torvalds faster. 13991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14001da177e4SLinus Torvalds In either case, you will need support software; the respective 14011da177e4SLinus Torvalds locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the 14021da177e4SLinus Torvalds NFS section. 14031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14041da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS 14051da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question 14061da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. 14071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from 14091da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14111da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the 14121da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N. 14131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1414a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFSD_V2_ACL 1415a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher bool 1416a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher depends on NFSD 1417a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher 14181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_V3 14191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Provide NFSv3 server support" 14201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFSD 14211da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14221da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2 14231da177e4SLinus Torvalds server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y. 14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1425a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFSD_V3_ACL 1426a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension" 1427a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher depends on NFSD_V3 1428a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher select NFSD_V2_ACL 1429a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher help 1430a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX 1431a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should 1432a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the 1433a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N. 1434a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher 14351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_V4 14361da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 14371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL 14381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NFSD_TCP 1439a55370a3SNeilBrown select CRYPTO_MD5 1440a55370a3SNeilBrown select CRYPTO 14411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2 14431da177e4SLinus Torvalds and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and 14441da177e4SLinus Torvalds should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4. 14451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 14461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_TCP 14481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support" 14491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFSD 14501da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here. 14531da177e4SLinus Torvalds TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when 14541da177e4SLinus Torvalds the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y. 14551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROOT_NFS 14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Root file system on NFS" 14581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP 14591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the 14611da177e4SLinus Torvalds one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the 14621da177e4SLinus Torvalds net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk), 14631da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is 14641da177e4SLinus Torvalds likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP 14651da177e4SLinus Torvalds autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address 14661da177e4SLinus Torvalds at boot time. 14671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most people say N here. 14691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LOCKD 14711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 14721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LOCKD_V4 14741da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 14751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3 14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 14771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXPORTFS 14791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1481a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_ACL_SUPPORT 1482a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher tristate 1483a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher select FS_POSIX_ACL 1484a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher 1485a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_COMMON 1486a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher bool 1487a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher depends on NFSD || NFS_FS 1488a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher default y 1489a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher 14901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNRPC 14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNRPC_GSS 14941da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 14951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 14971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)" 14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL 14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SUNRPC_GSS 15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO 15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO_MD5 15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO_DES 15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api 15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for 15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds NFSv4. 15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on 15091da177e4SLinus Torvalds http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ 15101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 15121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3 15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL 15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SUNRPC_GSS 15171da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO 15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO_MD5 15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO_DES 15201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api 15221da177e4SLinus Torvalds mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism. 15231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on 15251da177e4SLinus Torvalds http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ 15261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 15281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_FS 15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)" 15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 15321da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 15331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups 15351da177e4SLinus Torvalds (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share 15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to 15371da177e4SLinus Torvalds mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and 15381da177e4SLinus Torvalds access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this 15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying 15401da177e4SLinus Torvalds transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read 15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO, 15421da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make 15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need 15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use 15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>) 15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds for that. 15491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and 15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. 15521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15531da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will 15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called smbfs. Most people say N, however. 15551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_NLS_DEFAULT 15571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use a default NLS" 15581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMB_FS 15591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You 15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls 15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as 15631da177e4SLinus Torvalds CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE. 15641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15651da177e4SLinus Torvalds The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount 15661da177e4SLinus Torvalds supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters. 15671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this. 15691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_NLS_REMOTE 15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds string "Default Remote NLS Option" 15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT 15731da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "cp437" 15741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15751da177e4SLinus Torvalds This setting allows you to specify a default value for which 15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no 15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset 15781da177e4SLinus Torvalds default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT. 15791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount 15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters. 15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this. 15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS 15861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)" 15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select NLS 15891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15901da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System 15911da177e4SLinus Torvalds (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block 15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early 15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by 15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4 15951da177e4SLinus Torvalds and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS 15961da177e4SLinus Torvalds server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Currently 15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds you must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers 15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as Windows 9x and OS/2. 15991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16001da177e4SLinus Torvalds The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced 16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers, 16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user 16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional 16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements, 16051da177e4SLinus Torvalds and optional Winbind (nsswitch) integration. You do not need to enable 16061da177e4SLinus Torvalds cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both 16071da177e4SLinus Torvalds smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003 16081da177e4SLinus Torvalds and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need 16091da177e4SLinus Torvalds to mount to Samba or Windows 2003 servers from this machine, say Y. 16101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_STATS 16121da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CIFS statistics" 16131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CIFS 16141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share 16161da177e4SLinus Torvalds mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats 16171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_XATTR 16191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CIFS extended attributes (EXPERIMENTAL)" 16201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CIFS 16211da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by 16231da177e4SLinus Torvalds the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit 16241da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of 16251da177e4SLinus Torvalds extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix 16261da177e4SLinus Torvalds to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the 16271da177e4SLinus Torvalds user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients 16281da177e4SLinus Torvalds prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace 16291da177e4SLinus Torvalds (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at 16301da177e4SLinus Torvalds this time. 16311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 16331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_POSIX 16351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions (EXPERIMENTAL)" 16361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CIFS_XATTR 16371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to 16391da177e4SLinus Torvalds negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5 16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather 16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables 16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers 16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate 16441da177e4SLinus Torvalds CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N. 16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL 16471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)" 16481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CIFS 16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enables cifs features under testing. These features 16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds are highly experimental. If unsure, say N. 16521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NCP_FS 16541da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)" 16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IPX!=n || INET 16561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is 16581da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to 16591da177e4SLinus Torvalds IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you 16601da177e4SLinus Torvalds to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like 16611da177e4SLinus Torvalds any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file 16621da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and 16631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16651da177e4SLinus Torvalds You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a 16661da177e4SLinus Torvalds file *server* for Novell NetWare clients. 16671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16681da177e4SLinus Torvalds General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and 16691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. 16701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 16721da177e4SLinus Torvalds ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network. 16731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16741da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig" 16751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CODA_FS 16771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)" 16781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it 16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them 16821da177e4SLinus Torvalds with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard 16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for 16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server 16851da177e4SLinus Torvalds replication, security model for authentication and encryption, 16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds persistent client caches and write back caching. 16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda 16891da177e4SLinus Torvalds *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the 16901da177e4SLinus Torvalds client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need 16911da177e4SLinus Torvalds no kernel support. Please read 16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda 16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>. 16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16951da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the 16961da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called coda. 16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CODA_FS_OLD_API 16991da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers" 17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CODA_FS 17011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0 17031da177e4SLinus Torvalds to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the 17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds new realms implementation. 17051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17061da177e4SLinus Torvalds However this new API is not backward compatible with older 17071da177e4SLinus Torvalds clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace 17081da177e4SLinus Torvalds cache manager then say Y. 17091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17101da177e4SLinus Torvalds For most cases you probably want to say N. 17111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AFS_FS 17131da177e4SLinus Torvalds# for fs/nls/Config.in 17141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (Experimental)" 17151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL 17161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select RXRPC 17171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System 17191da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access. 17201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17211da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more intormation. 17221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 17241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RXRPC 17261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 17271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 17291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Partition Types" 17311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17321da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/partitions/Kconfig" 17331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 17351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17361da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/nls/Kconfig" 17371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 17391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1740