tristate "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
select JBD2
+ select CRC16
help
Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation
extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be
config JBD_DEBUG
bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
- depends on JBD
+ depends on JBD && DEBUG_FS
help
If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
debugging output will be turned off.
If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
- with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between
- 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is
- generated. To turn debugging off again, do
- "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug".
+ with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug", where N is a
+ number between 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging
+ output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
+ "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug".
config JBD2
tristate
+ select CRC32
help
This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
- Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
- - extended attributes
- - quotas
- - cluster aware flock
- - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
- - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
- - POSIX ACLs
- - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
+ For more information on OCFS2, see the file
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
bool "OCFS2 logging support"
This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
ocfs2 filesystem issues.
+config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
+ bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS
+ default n
+ help
+ This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
+ this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
+ performance of the filesystem.
+
config MINIX_FS
tristate "Minix fs support"
help
including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
notification.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
+config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
+ bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
+ depends on QUOTA && NET
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
+ say Y.
+
+config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
+ bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
+ depends on QUOTA
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
+ hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
+ Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
+ future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
+
config QFMT_V1
tristate "Old quota format support"
depends on QUOTA
default y
config DNOTIFY
- bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Dnotify support"
default y
help
Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
dnotify.
- Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
+ If unsure, say Y.
config AUTOFS_FS
tristate "Kernel automounter support"
config HUGETLB_PAGE
def_bool HUGETLBFS
-config RAMFS
- bool
- default y
- ---help---
- Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
- read and write access.
-
- It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If
- you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
- tmpfs.
-
- To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
- ramfs.
-
config CONFIGFS_FS
- tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
+ depends on SYSFS
help
configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
help
Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
- <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
help
If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
- Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
- options.
+ Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
+ the available mount options.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called hfs.
depends on BEFS_FS
help
If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
- debugging output from the driver.
+ debugging output from the driver.
config BFS_FS
tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- NOR flash with transparent ECC
- DataFlash
+config JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
+ bool "Verify JFFS2 write-buffer reads"
+ depends on JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
+ default n
+ help
+ This causes JFFS2 to read back every page written through the
+ write-buffer, and check for errors.
+
config JFFS2_SUMMARY
bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
<http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
-
+
If unsure, say N.
config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
help
Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
-
+
To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
-
+
If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
enables an extended attribute handler for file security
labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
-
+
If you are not using a security module that requires using
extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
help
Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
- compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
+ compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
select ZLIB_DEFLATE
depends on JFFS2_FS
default y
- help
- Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
- lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
- hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
- further information.
+ help
+ Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
+ lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
+ hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
+ further information.
+
+ Say 'Y' if unsure.
+
+config JFFS2_LZO
+ bool "JFFS2 LZO compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
+ select LZO_COMPRESS
+ select LZO_DECOMPRESS
+ depends on JFFS2_FS
+ default n
+ help
+ minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
- Say 'Y' if unsure.
+ This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
+ compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
config JFFS2_RTIME
bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
depends on JFFS2_FS
default y
- help
- Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
+ help
+ Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
config JFFS2_RUBIN
bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
depends on JFFS2_FS
default n
- help
- RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
+ help
+ RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
choice
- prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
- default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
- depends on JFFS2_FS
- help
- You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
- the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
+ prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
+ default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
+ depends on JFFS2_FS
+ help
+ You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
+ the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
- bool "no compression"
- help
- Uses no compression.
+ bool "no compression"
+ help
+ Uses no compression.
config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
- bool "priority"
- help
- Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
- successful one.
+ bool "priority"
+ help
+ Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
+ successful one.
config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
- bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- help
- Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
- result.
+ bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ help
+ Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
+ result.
+
+config JFFS2_CMODE_FAVOURLZO
+ bool "Favour LZO"
+ help
+ Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
+ result but gives some preference to LZO (which has faster
+ decompression) at the expense of size.
endchoice
endmenu
-menu "Network File Systems"
+menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
+ bool "Network File Systems"
+ default y
depends on NET
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
+ filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
+ RPCSEC security modules.
+ This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
+ disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
+
+if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
config NFS_FS
tristate "NFS file system support"
select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
+ select PROC_FS if NFSD_V4
+ select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS
help
If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
tristate "RDMA transport for sunrpc (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
default m
help
Adds a client RPC transport for supporting kernel NFS over RDMA
If unsure, say N.
config SMB_FS
- tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
+ tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)"
depends on INET
select NLS
help
General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
- To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
- be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
+ To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here:
+ the module will be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
bool "Use a default NLS"
smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
config CIFS
- tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
+ tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
depends on INET
select NLS
help
file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
- support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
-
- The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
- network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
- including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
- session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
- packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
+ support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
+ well.
+
+ The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
+ client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
+ support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
+ session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
+ safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
+ signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
config CIFS_STATS
(since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
- SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
+ SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
+ establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
- have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
+ have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
- is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
- automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
+ is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
+ used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
can be set to required (or optional) either in
/proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
- option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
+ option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
attack.
-
+
If unsure, say N.
config CIFS_XATTR
messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
option can be turned off unless you are debugging
cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
-
+
config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
config CIFS_UPCALL
bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
- depends on CONNECTOR
+ depends on KEYS
help
- Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
- userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
- tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
+ userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
+ Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
(for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
unsure, say N.
+config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+ bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on KEYS
+ help
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
+ helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
+ IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
+ points. If unsure, say N.
+
config NCP_FS
tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
depends on IPX!=n || INET
However this new API is not backward compatible with older
clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
cache manager then say Y.
-
+
For most cases you probably want to say N.
config AFS_FS
If unsure, say N.
-endmenu
+endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
if BLOCK
menu "Partition Types"
source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"
endmenu
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