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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
32b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
391da177e4SLinus Torvalds
401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT2_FS_SECURITY
431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Ext2 Security Labels"
441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Security labels support alternative access control models
471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enables an extended attribute handler for file security
491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  labels in the ext2 filesystem.
501da177e4SLinus Torvalds
511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not using a security module that requires using
521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
546d79125bSCarsten Otteconfig EXT2_FS_XIP
556d79125bSCarsten Otte	bool "Ext2 execute in place support"
566d79125bSCarsten Otte	depends on EXT2_FS
576d79125bSCarsten Otte	help
586d79125bSCarsten Otte	  Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you
596d79125bSCarsten Otte	  enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are
606d79125bSCarsten Otte	  capable of this feature without using the page cache.
616d79125bSCarsten Otte
626d79125bSCarsten Otte	  If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this,
636d79125bSCarsten Otte	  or if unsure, say N.
646d79125bSCarsten Otte
656d79125bSCarsten Otteconfig FS_XIP
666d79125bSCarsten Otte# execute in place
676d79125bSCarsten Otte	bool
686d79125bSCarsten Otte	depends on EXT2_FS_XIP
696d79125bSCarsten Otte	default y
706d79125bSCarsten Otte
711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS
721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
73b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	select JBD
741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system
761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The journaling code included in this driver means you do not have
801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  crash.  The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made
821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system
831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is consistent without the need for a lengthy check.
841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format
861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of ext3 is identical to ext2.  It is possible to freely switch
871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the
881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file
891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  system.
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the
921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  tune2fs").  To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3
941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file systems, use chattr ("man chattr").  You need to be using
951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals
961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>).
971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called ext3.  Be aware however that the file system
1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous.
1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_XATTR
1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXT3_FS
1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
119b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXT3_FS_SECURITY
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Security labels support alternative access control models
1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  labels in the ext3 filesystem.
1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not using a security module that requires using
1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JBD
1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a generic journaling layer for block devices.  It is
145b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
146b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
147b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  devices such as RAID or LVM.
1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
149b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
150b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
151b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  want to say N.
1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
154b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  called jbd.  If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
155b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  you cannot 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
244b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Security labels support alternative access control models
2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enables an extended attribute handler for file security
2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not using a security module that requires using
2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_FS
2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "JFS filesystem support"
2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem .  More information is
2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_POSIX_ACL
2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFS_FS
278b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_SECURITY
2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFS Security Labels"
2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFS_FS
2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Security labels support alternative access control models
2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enables an extended attribute handler for file security
2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  labels in the jfs filesystem.
2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not using a security module that requires using
2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_DEBUG
3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFS debugging"
3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFS_FS
3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Y here.  This will result in additional debugging messages to be
3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  written to the system log.  Under normal circumstances, this
3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  results in very little overhead.
3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFS_STATISTICS
3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFS statistics"
3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFS_FS
3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FS_POSIX_ACL
3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds# NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 	Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
323b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	default n
3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds
327b4e40a51SMark Fashehconfig OCFS2_FS
328b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	tristate "OCFS2 file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
329b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	depends on NET && EXPERIMENTAL
330b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	select CONFIGFS_FS
331b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	select JBD
332b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	select CRC32
333b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	select INET
334b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	help
335b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
336b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
337b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
338b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
339b4e40a51SMark Fasheh
340b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
341b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  get "mount.ocfs2".
342b4e40a51SMark Fasheh
343b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  Project web page:    http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
344b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  Tools web page:      http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
345b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
346b4e40a51SMark Fasheh
347b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	  Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
348b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - extended attributes
349b4e40a51SMark Fasheh		  - shared writeable mmap
350b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - loopback is supported, but data written will not
351b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	            be cluster coherent.
352b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - quotas
353b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - cluster aware flock
354b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
355b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
356b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - POSIX ACLs
357b4e40a51SMark Fasheh	          - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
358b4e40a51SMark Fasheh
3591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MINIX_FS
3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Minix fs support"
3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on older Linux floppy disks.  This option will enlarge your kernel
3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called minix.  Note that the file system of your root
3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  a module.
3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROMFS_FS
3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "ROM file system support"
3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  other read-only media as well.  Read
3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called romfs.  Note that the file system of your
3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module.
3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  answer N.
3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3920eeca283SRobert Loveconfig INOTIFY
3930eeca283SRobert Love	bool "Inotify file change notification support"
3940eeca283SRobert Love	default y
3950eeca283SRobert Love	---help---
3963de11748SRobert Love	  Say Y here to enable inotify support and the associated system
3973de11748SRobert Love	  calls.  Inotify is a file change notification system and a
3980eeca283SRobert Love	  replacement for dnotify.  Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in
3990eeca283SRobert Love	  dnotify and introduces several new features.  It allows monitoring
4003de11748SRobert Love	  of both files and directories via a single open fd.  Other features
4013de11748SRobert Love	  include multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
4023de11748SRobert Love	  notification.
4033de11748SRobert Love
4043de11748SRobert Love	  For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
4050eeca283SRobert Love
4060eeca283SRobert Love	  If unsure, say Y.
4070eeca283SRobert Love
4081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QUOTA
4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Quota support"
4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
415919532a5SAdrian Bunk	  shutdown.
416919532a5SAdrian Bunk	  For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QFMT_V1
4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Old quota format support"
4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on QUOTA
4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  format say Y here.
4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QFMT_V2
4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Quota format v2 support"
4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on QUOTA
4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
434919532a5SAdrian Bunk	  need this functionality say Y here.
4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QUOTACTL
4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DNOTIFY
4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  that uses signals to communicate events to user-space.  There exist
4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  dnotify.
4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AUTOFS_FS
4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Kernel automounter support"
4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  below.
4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called autofs.
4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AUTOFS4_FS
4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called autofs4.  You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  modules configuration file.
4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  N here.
4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
49504578f17SMiklos Szerediconfig FUSE_FS
49604578f17SMiklos Szeredi	tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
49704578f17SMiklos Szeredi	help
49804578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
49904578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  in a userspace program.
50004578f17SMiklos Szeredi
50104578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  There's also companion library: libfuse.  This library along with
50204578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
50304578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
50404578f17SMiklos Szeredi
505909021eaSMiklos Szeredi	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
506909021eaSMiklos Szeredi	  See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
507909021eaSMiklos Szeredi
50804578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
50904578f17SMiklos Szeredi	  a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
51004578f17SMiklos Szeredi
5111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISO9660_FS
5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs.  It was previously
5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Unix systems.  The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  driver.  If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called isofs.
5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JOLIET
5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ISO9660_FS
5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  characters of almost all languages of the world; see
5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information).  Say Y here if you
5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZISOFS
5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Transparent decompression extension"
5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ISO9660_FS
5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select ZLIB_INFLATE
5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed.  See
5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  necessary to create such a filesystem.  Say Y here if you want to be
5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZISOFS_FS
5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds# for fs/nls/Config.in
5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ZISOFS
5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default ISO9660_FS
5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UDF_FS
5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "UDF file system support"
5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
5641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called udf.
5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UDF_NLS
5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
5741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
5761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
5781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_FS
5821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
5831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
5841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
5851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
5861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
5871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
5881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
5891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
5901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  other Unix files.
5911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
5931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
5941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
5951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  order to make use of it.
5961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  order to do that.
6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is now also becoming possible to read and write compressed FAT
6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file systems; read <file:Documentation/filesystems/fat_cvf.txt> for
6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  details.
6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say Y.
6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  fat.  Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  -- they will have to be modules as well.
6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MSDOS_FS
6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "MSDOS fs support"
6211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select FAT_FS
6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
6271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
6321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  other Unix files.
6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
6371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be called msdos.
6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VFAT_FS
6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select FAT_FS
6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  long filenames.  That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  programs from the mtools package.
6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above.  Please read
6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details.  If
6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  unsure, say Y.
6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  vfat.
6601da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	int "Default codepage for FAT"
6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default 437
6651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
6711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	string "Default iocharset for FAT"
6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on VFAT_FS
6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default "iso8859-1"
6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
6801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
6821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_FS
6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NTFS file system support"
6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Saying Y or M here enables read support.  There is partial, but
6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  safe, write support available.  For write support you must also
6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
6941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ntfsprogs.  These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
6951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
6961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11.  A backport to
6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
7001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  from the project web site.
7011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called ntfs.
7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_DEBUG
7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "NTFS debugging support"
7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NTFS_FS
7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Y here.  This will result in additional consistency checks to be
7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be written to the system log.  Note that debugging messages are
7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disabled by default.  To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to insmod when loading the ntfs module.  Once the driver is active,
7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  slowdown of the system.
7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NTFS_RW
7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "NTFS write support"
7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NTFS_FS
7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
7371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
7381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
7401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  changing the file length.  No file or directory creation, deletion or
7411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  renaming is possible.  Note only non-resident files can be written to
7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
7431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be written to.
7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  so far not received a single report where the driver would have
7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
7481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note:  While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
7501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is not safe.
7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is currently useful with TopologiLinux.  TopologiLinux is run
7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  hard disk.  Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  need its own partition.  For more information see
7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is perfectly safe to say N here.
7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Pseudo filesystems"
7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PROC_FS
7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "/proc file system support"
7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The /proc file system is explained in the file
7891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ("man 5 proc").
7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
7951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PROC_KCORE
7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PROC_FS && MMU
7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds
799666bfddbSVivek Goyalconfig PROC_VMCORE
800666bfddbSVivek Goyal        bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
80105970d47SManeesh Soni        depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
802*68250ba5SVivek Goyal	default y
803666bfddbSVivek Goyal        help
804666bfddbSVivek Goyal        Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
805666bfddbSVivek Goyal
8061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSFS
8071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
8091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	relationships to one another.
8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	and other kernel subsystems.
8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	/sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
8211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
8221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
8241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	partition.  If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
8251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers.  For
8261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
8271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
8291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMPFS
8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  lost.
8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HUGETLBFS
8431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "HugeTLB file system support"
8440d078f6fSBrian Gerst	depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || BROKEN
8451da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HUGETLB_PAGE
8471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool HUGETLBFS
8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RAMFS
8501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
8511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
8521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
8531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
8541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  read and write access.
8551da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It is more of an programming example than a useable file system.  If
8571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
8581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  tmpfs.
8591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
8611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ramfs.
8621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8637063fbf2SJoel Beckerconfig CONFIGFS_FS
8647063fbf2SJoel Becker	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
86565714b91SAdrian Bunk	depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
8667063fbf2SJoel Becker	help
8677063fbf2SJoel Becker	  configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
8687063fbf2SJoel Becker	  of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
8697063fbf2SJoel Becker	  view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
8707063fbf2SJoel Becker	  of kernel objects, or config_items.
8717063fbf2SJoel Becker
8727063fbf2SJoel Becker	  Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
8737063fbf2SJoel Becker	  same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
8747063fbf2SJoel Becker
8751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
8781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADFS_FS
8801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
8811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
8821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
8831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
8841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
8851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
8861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
8871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
8881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
8891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
8911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
8921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
8931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
8951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called adfs.
8961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
8981da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADFS_FS_RW
9001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
9011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on ADFS_FS
9021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
9041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
9051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
9061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AFFS_FS
9081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
9091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
9101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
9121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20).  Say Y
9131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
9141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  FFS partition on your hard drive.  Amiga floppies however cannot be
9151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
9161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
9171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
9181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
9191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
9211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
9221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
9231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
9241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  device support", above.
9251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
9271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called affs.  If unsure, say N.
9281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HFS_FS
9301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
9311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
932878129a3SLennert Buytenhek	select NLS
9331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
9351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
9361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
9371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  options.
9381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
9401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called hfs.
9411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HFSPLUS_FS
9431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
9441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
9451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS_UTF8
9461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
9481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
9491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
9511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
9521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
9531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  style features such as file ownership and permissions.
9541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BEFS_FS
9561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
9571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
9581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
9591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
9611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
9621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected
9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
9651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  extremly large volumes and files.
9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of the NLS (native language support) options below.
9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what this is about, say N.
9711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called befs.
9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BEFS_DEBUG
9761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Debug BeFS"
9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BEFS_FS
9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  debugging output from the driver.
9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BFS_FS
9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
9851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  files during the boot process.  It is usually mounted under /stand
9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partition.  You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on your /stand slice from within Linux.  You then also need to say Y
9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to "UnixWare slices support", below.  More information about the BFS
9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system is contained in the file
9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what this is about, say N.
9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
9991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  bfs.  Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10021da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EFS_FS
10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
10061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
10071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
10091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
10101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called efs.
10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_FS
10201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support"
10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on MTD
10221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  JFFS is the Journaling Flash File System developed by Axis
10241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe
10251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is
10261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).
10271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_FS_VERBOSE
10291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
10301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS_FS
10311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default "0"
10321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Determines the verbosity level of the JFFS debugging messages.
10341da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS_PROC_FS
10361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem"
10371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS
10381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems
10401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory.
10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS
10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRC32
10451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on MTD
10461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
10481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
10501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
10511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default "0"
10591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
10631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
10651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
10671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10722f82ce1eSAndrew Victorconfig JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
10732f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
10741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
10752f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	default y
10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
10772f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	  This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
10792f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	  This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
10802f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	  types of flash devices:
10812f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	    - NAND flash
10822f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	    - NOR flash with transparent ECC
10832f82ce1eSAndrew Victor	    - DataFlash
10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1085e631ddbaSFerenc Havasiconfig JFFS2_SUMMARY
1086e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1087e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1088e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	default n
1089e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	help
1090e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	  This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1091e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	  for faster filesystem mount.
1092e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi
1093e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	  The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1094e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	  by the utility 'sumtool'.
1095e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi
1096e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi	  If unsure, say 'N'.
1097e631ddbaSFerenc Havasi
10981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
11001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
11011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default n
11021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
11041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
11051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
11101da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_ZLIB
11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
11131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select ZLIB_INFLATE
11141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select ZLIB_DEFLATE
11151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
11161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11181da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds          lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
11201da177e4SLinus Torvalds          hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds          further information.
11221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Say 'Y' if unsure.
11241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_RTIME
11261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
11271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
11281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11301da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_RUBIN
11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on JFFS2_FS
11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default n
11361da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11371da177e4SLinus Torvalds          RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11391da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice
11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds        prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds        default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
11421da177e4SLinus Torvalds        depends on JFFS2_FS
11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11441da177e4SLinus Torvalds          You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds          the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds        bool "no compression"
11491da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11501da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Uses no compression.
11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds        bool "priority"
11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds          successful one.
11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
11591da177e4SLinus Torvalds        bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
11611da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds          result.
11631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice
11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CRAMFS
11671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
11681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select ZLIB_INFLATE
11691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
11701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  System).  CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
11721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system for ROM based embedded systems.  CramFs is read-only,
11731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
11771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
11781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
11801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cramfs.  Note that the root file system (the one containing the
11811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
11821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
11841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VXFS_FS
11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
11871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
11881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
11891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system format.  VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
11901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
11911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
11921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Currently only readonly access is supported.
11931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
11951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
11961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the actual driver.
11971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
11991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called freevxfs.  If unsure, say N.
12001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPFS_FS
12031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
12041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
12051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
12071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
12081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
12091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
12101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  option in order to be able to read them. Read
12111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
12121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
12141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called hpfs.  If unsure, say N.
12151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12171da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QNX4FS_FS
12191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
12201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
12211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
12221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
12231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
12241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
12251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
12261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  only be able to read these file systems.
12271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
12291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called qnx4.
12301da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
12321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  answer N.
12331da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QNX4FS_RW
12351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
12361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
12371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
12381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
12391da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It's currently broken, so for now:
12411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  answer N.
12421da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12441da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSV_FS
12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
12471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions.
12521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
12541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
12551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a
12561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
12571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux.  It is
12581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available via FTP (user: ftp) from
12591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
12601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
12611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
12621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
12641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
12651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
12661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
12681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
12691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
12701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  tar" or preferably "info tar").  Note also that this option has
12711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
12721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the System V file system in
12731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
12741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
12751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
12771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  sysv.
12781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
12801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12811da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UFS_FS
12841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
12851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
12861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
12871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
12881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
12891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
12901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
12911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
12921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
12931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12941da177e4SLinus Torvalds          The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
12951da177e4SLinus Torvalds          READ-ONLY supported.
12961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
12981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
12991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you need NFS file system support obviously).
13001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  tar" or preferably "info tar").
13051da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called ufs.
13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
13141da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig UFS_FS_WRITE
13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1317537421beSAlexey Dobriyan	depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
13191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Network File Systems"
13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NET
13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_FS
13281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NFS file system support"
13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET
13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select LOCKD
13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select SUNRPC
1332b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
13331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
13361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
13371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
13381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
13391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
13401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
13411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
13421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Administrator's Guide, available from
13431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
13441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
13451da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
13471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
13481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
13501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
13531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called nfs.
13541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
13571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
13581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
13591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
13601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the net: netboot, available from
13611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
13621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
13631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
13651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_V3
13671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
13681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFS_FS
13691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
13701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
13711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  3 of the NFS protocol.
13721da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
13741da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1375b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_V3_ACL
1376b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1377b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	depends on NFS_V3
1378b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	help
1379b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	  Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1380b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	  Access Control Lists.  The server should also be compiled with
1381b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	  the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1382b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher
1383b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher	  If unsure, say N.
1384b7fa0554SAndreas Gruenbacher
13851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_V4
13861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
13871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
13881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
13891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
13901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
13911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  version 4 of the NFS protocol.
13921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
13941da177e4SLinus Torvalds		http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
13951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
13971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFS_DIRECTIO
13991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files (EXPERIMENTAL)"
14001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
14011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
14031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag.  When O_DIRECT
14041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
14051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cache.  Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
14061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  directly.  Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
14071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  no alignment restrictions.
14081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
14101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
14111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you.  Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
14121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  storms.  This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
14131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
14141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  feature.
14151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
14171da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.  This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
14191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
14201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
14211da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD
14231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NFS server support"
14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET
14251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select LOCKD
14261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select SUNRPC
14271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select EXPORTFS
1428a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V3_ACL || NFSD_V2_ACL
14291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
14311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
14321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
14331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
14341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
14351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
14361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  faster.
14371da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  In either case, you will need support software; the respective
14391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
14401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NFS section.
14411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
14431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
14441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  as well.
14451da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
14471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
14481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
14501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called nfsd.  If unsure, say N.
14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1452a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFSD_V2_ACL
1453a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	bool
1454a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	depends on NFSD
1455a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher
14561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_V3
14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
14581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFSD
14591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
14611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  server, say Y here.  If unsure, say Y.
14621da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1463a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFSD_V3_ACL
1464a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1465a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	depends on NFSD_V3
1466a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	select NFSD_V2_ACL
1467a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	help
1468a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	  Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1469a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	  Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1470a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	  be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1471a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	  CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option.  If unsure, say N.
1472a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher
14731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_V4
14741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
14751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NFSD_TCP
1477a55370a3SNeilBrown	select CRYPTO_MD5
1478a55370a3SNeilBrown	select CRYPTO
1479b84c2157SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
14821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and NFSv3 servers, say Y here.  This feature is experimental, and
14831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
14841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
14851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NFSD_TCP
14871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
14881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFSD
14891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
14901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
14931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the network is lossy or congested.  If unsure, say Y.
14941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
14951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROOT_NFS
14961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Root file system on NFS"
14971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  at boot time.
15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Most people say N here.
15081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LOCKD
15101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LOCKD_V4
15131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
15151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EXPORTFS
15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1520a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1521a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	tristate
1522a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	select FS_POSIX_ACL
1523a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher
1524a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacherconfig NFS_COMMON
1525a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	bool
1526a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1527a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher	default y
1528a257cdd0SAndreas Gruenbacher
15291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNRPC
15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNRPC_GSS
15331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
15371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
15381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select SUNRPC_GSS
15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO
15401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO_MD5
15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO_DES
15421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
15441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NFSv4.
15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds		http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
15491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
15531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
15551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select SUNRPC_GSS
15561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO
15571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO_MD5
15581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO_DES
1559df6db302SJ. Bruce Fields	select CRYPTO_CAST5
15601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
15631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
15651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  	http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
15661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_FS
15701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET
15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
15731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
15741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
15751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  files and printers over local networks.  Saying Y here allows you to
15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
15781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  access them just like any other Unix directory.  Currently, this
15791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  transport protocol, and not NetBEUI.  For details, read
15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
15851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
15861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  for that.
15891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
15911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be called smbfs.  Most people say N, however.
15951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Use a default NLS"
15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SMB_FS
15991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
16001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
16061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
16071da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
16091da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMB_NLS_REMOTE
16111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	string "Default Remote NLS Option"
16121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
16131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default "cp437"
16141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
16151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
16161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
16171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
16181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
16191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
16211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
16221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
16241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS
16261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
16271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET
16281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select NLS
16291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
16301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
16311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
16331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PC operating systems.  The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
16341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
16351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1636ec58ef03SSteve French	  server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1637ec58ef03SSteve French	  support for Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
1638ec58ef03SSteve French	  You must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
1639ec58ef03SSteve French	  such as OS/2 and DOS.
16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
16441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements,
16461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and optional Winbind (nsswitch) integration. You do not need to enable
16471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both
16481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003
16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need
1650ec58ef03SSteve French	  to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_STATS
16531da177e4SLinus Torvalds        bool "CIFS statistics"
16541da177e4SLinus Torvalds        depends on CIFS
16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
16561da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
16581da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1659ec58ef03SSteve Frenchconfig CIFS_STATS2
1660ec58ef03SSteve French	bool "CIFS extended statistics"
1661ec58ef03SSteve French	depends on CIFS_STATS
1662ec58ef03SSteve French	help
1663ec58ef03SSteve French	  Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1664ec58ef03SSteve French	  request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1665ec58ef03SSteve French	  allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1666ec58ef03SSteve French	  value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1667ec58ef03SSteve French	  These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1668ec58ef03SSteve French	  and memory utilization.
1669ec58ef03SSteve French
1670ec58ef03SSteve French	  Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1671ec58ef03SSteve French	  or tuning, say N.
1672ec58ef03SSteve French
16731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_XATTR
1674ec58ef03SSteve French        bool "CIFS extended attributes"
16751da177e4SLinus Torvalds        depends on CIFS
16761da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
16771da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
16781da177e4SLinus Torvalds          the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds          <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).  CIFS maps the name of
16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds          extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds          to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
16821da177e4SLinus Torvalds          user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds          prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds          (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
16851da177e4SLinus Torvalds          this time.
16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds          If unsure, say N.
16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_POSIX
1690ec58ef03SSteve French        bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
16911da177e4SLinus Torvalds        depends on CIFS_XATTR
16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds        help
16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds          Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
16951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
16961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  than Windows like) file behavior.  It also enables
16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
16981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
16991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  CIFS POSIX ACL support.  If unsure, say N.
17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1703cb9dbff9SSteve French	  depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  help
1705ec58ef03SSteve French	    Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
1706ec58ef03SSteve French	    experimental and currently include support for writepages
1707ec58ef03SSteve French	    (multipage writebehind performance improvements) and directory
1708ec58ef03SSteve French	    change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY) as well as some security
1709ec58ef03SSteve French	    improvements.  Some also depend on setting at runtime the
1710ec58ef03SSteve French	    pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental (which is disabled by
1711ec58ef03SSteve French	    default). See the file fs/cifs/README for more details.
1712ec58ef03SSteve French
1713ec58ef03SSteve French	    If unsure, say N.
17141da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1715a2653ebaSSteve Frenchconfig CIFS_UPCALL
1716a2653ebaSSteve French	  bool "CIFS Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1717a2653ebaSSteve French	  depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1718a2653ebaSSteve French	  select CONNECTOR
1719a2653ebaSSteve French	  help
1720a2653ebaSSteve French	    Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
1721a2653ebaSSteve French	    userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
1722a2653ebaSSteve French	    tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
17231b397f4fSSteve French	    (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
17241b397f4fSSteve French	    unsure, say N.
1725a2653ebaSSteve French
17261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NCP_FS
17271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
17281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on IPX!=n || INET
17291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
17301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
17311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers.  It is to
17321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps.  Saying Y here allows you
17331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
17341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  any other Unix directory.  For details, please read the file
17351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
17361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
17371da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
17391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
17401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
17421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
17431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
17451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ncpfs.  Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
17461da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17471da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
17481da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CODA_FS
17501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
17511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET
17521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
17531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
17541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
17551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
17561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disk.  Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
17571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
17581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
17591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  persistent client caches and write back caching.
17601da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
17621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  *client*.  You will need user level code as well, both for the
17631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  client and server.  Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
17641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  no kernel support.  Please read
17651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
17661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
17671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
17691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  module will be called coda.
17701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CODA_FS_OLD_API
17721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
17731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on CODA_FS
17741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
17751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
17761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
17771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  new realms implementation.
17781da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  However this new API is not backward compatible with older
17801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
17811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cache manager then say Y.
17821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For most cases you probably want to say N.
17841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AFS_FS
17861da177e4SLinus Torvalds# for fs/nls/Config.in
17871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (Experimental)"
17881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
17891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select RXRPC
17901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
17911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
17921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
17931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more intormation.
17951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
17971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
17981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RXRPC
17991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate
18001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
180193fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergenconfig 9P_FS
180293fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
180393fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
180493fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	help
180593fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	  If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
180693fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	  Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
180793fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen
180893fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	  See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
180993fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen
181093fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen	  If unsure, say N.
181193fa58cbSEric Van Hensbergen
18121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
18131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
18141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Partition Types"
18151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
18161da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
18171da177e4SLinus Torvalds
18181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
18191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
18201da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/nls/Kconfig"
18211da177e4SLinus Torvalds
18221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
18231da177e4SLinus Torvalds
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