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1config NFS_FS
2	tristate "NFS client support"
3	depends on INET && FILE_LOCKING
4	depends on BKL # fix as soon as lockd is done
5	select LOCKD
6	select SUNRPC
7	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
8	help
9	  Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other
10	  computers using Sun's Network File System protocol.  To compile
11	  this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module
12	  will be called nfs.
13
14	  To mount file systems exported by NFS servers, you also need to
15	  install the user space mount.nfs command which can be found in
16	  the Linux nfs-utils package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
17	  Information about using the mount command is available in the
18	  mount(8) man page.  More detail about the Linux NFS client
19	  implementation is available via the nfs(5) man page.
20
21	  Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
22	  available in the kernel to mount NFS servers.  Support for NFS
23	  version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when NFS_FS is selected.
24
25	  To configure a system which mounts its root file system via NFS
26	  at boot time, say Y here, select "Kernel level IP
27	  autoconfiguration" in the NETWORK menu, and select "Root file
28	  system on NFS" below.  You cannot compile this file system as a
29	  module in this case.
30
31	  If unsure, say N.
32
33config NFS_V3
34	bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
35	depends on NFS_FS
36	help
37	  This option enables support for version 3 of the NFS protocol
38	  (RFC 1813) in the kernel's NFS client.
39
40	  If unsure, say Y.
41
42config NFS_V3_ACL
43	bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
44	depends on NFS_V3
45	help
46	  Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
47	  Sun added to Solaris but never became an official part of the
48	  NFS version 3 protocol.  This protocol extension allows
49	  applications on NFS clients to manipulate POSIX Access Control
50	  Lists on files residing on NFS servers.  NFS servers enforce
51	  ACLs on local files whether this protocol is available or not.
52
53	  Choose Y here if your NFS server supports the Solaris NFSv3 ACL
54	  protocol extension and you want your NFS client to allow
55	  applications to access and modify ACLs on files on the server.
56
57	  Most NFS servers don't support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol
58	  extension.  You can choose N here or specify the "noacl" mount
59	  option to prevent your NFS client from trying to use the NFSv3
60	  ACL protocol.
61
62	  If unsure, say N.
63
64config NFS_V4
65	bool "NFS client support for NFS version 4"
66	depends on NFS_FS
67	select SUNRPC_GSS
68	help
69	  This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol
70	  (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client.
71
72	  To mount NFS servers using NFSv4, you also need to install user
73	  space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
74	  available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
75
76	  If unsure, say Y.
77
78config NFS_V4_1
79	bool "NFS client support for NFSv4.1 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
80	depends on NFS_V4 && EXPERIMENTAL
81	help
82	  This option enables support for minor version 1 of the NFSv4 protocol
83	  (draft-ietf-nfsv4-minorversion1) in the kernel's NFS client.
84
85	  If unsure, say N.
86
87config ROOT_NFS
88	bool "Root file system on NFS"
89	depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
90	help
91	  If you want your system to mount its root file system via NFS,
92	  choose Y here.  This is common practice for managing systems
93	  without local permanent storage.  For details, read
94	  <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt>.
95
96	  Most people say N here.
97
98config NFS_FSCACHE
99	bool "Provide NFS client caching support"
100	depends on NFS_FS=m && FSCACHE || NFS_FS=y && FSCACHE=y
101	help
102	  Say Y here if you want NFS data to be cached locally on disc through
103	  the general filesystem cache manager
104
105config NFS_USE_LEGACY_DNS
106	bool "Use the legacy NFS DNS resolver"
107	depends on NFS_V4
108	help
109	  The kernel now provides a method for translating a host name into an
110	  IP address.  Select Y here if you would rather use your own DNS
111	  resolver script.
112
113	  If unsure, say N
114
115config NFS_USE_KERNEL_DNS
116	bool
117	depends on NFS_V4 && !NFS_USE_LEGACY_DNS
118	select DNS_RESOLVER
119	select KEYS
120	default y
121