2 # File system configuration
10 tristate "Second extended fs support"
12 Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
14 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
15 module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system
16 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
17 be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.
22 bool "Ext2 extended attributes"
25 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
26 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
27 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
31 config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
32 bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
33 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
36 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
37 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
39 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
40 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
42 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
44 config EXT2_FS_SECURITY
45 bool "Ext2 Security Labels"
46 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
48 Security labels support alternative access control models
49 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
50 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
51 labels in the ext2 filesystem.
53 If you are not using a security module that requires using
54 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
57 bool "Ext2 execute in place support"
58 depends on EXT2_FS && MMU
60 Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you
61 enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are
62 capable of this feature without using the page cache.
64 If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this,
70 depends on EXT2_FS_XIP
74 tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
77 This is the journalling version of the Second extended file system
78 (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
79 (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
81 The journalling code included in this driver means you do not have
82 to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
83 crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made
84 at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system
85 is consistent without the need for a lengthy check.
87 Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format
88 of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch
89 between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the
90 file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file
93 To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the
94 behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man
95 tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3
96 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using
97 e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals
98 (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>).
100 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
101 module will be called ext3. Be aware however that the file system
102 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
103 be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous.
106 bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
110 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
111 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
112 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
116 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
118 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
119 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
120 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
123 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
124 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
126 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
127 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
129 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
131 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
132 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
133 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
135 Security labels support alternative access control models
136 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
137 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
138 labels in the ext3 filesystem.
140 If you are not using a security module that requires using
141 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
146 This is a generic journalling layer for block devices. It is
147 currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
148 also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
149 devices such as RAID or LVM.
151 If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
152 say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
155 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
156 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
157 you cannot compile this code as a module.
160 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
163 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
164 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
165 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
166 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
167 debugging output will be turned off.
169 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
170 with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between
171 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is
172 generated. To turn debugging off again, do
173 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug".
176 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3)
178 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR
179 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y
180 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m
183 tristate "Reiserfs support"
185 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
186 tree. Uses journalling.
188 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
189 architectural foundations.
191 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
192 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
193 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
195 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
196 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
197 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
198 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
199 make source code open.''
201 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
203 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
205 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
206 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
208 config REISERFS_CHECK
209 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
210 depends on REISERFS_FS
212 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
213 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
214 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
215 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
216 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
217 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
218 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
219 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
220 everyone should say N.
222 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
223 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
224 depends on REISERFS_FS
226 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
227 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
228 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
229 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
230 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
231 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
233 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
234 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
235 depends on REISERFS_FS
237 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
238 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
239 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
243 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
244 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
245 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
248 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
249 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
251 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
252 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
254 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
256 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
257 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
258 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
260 Security labels support alternative access control models
261 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
262 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
263 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
265 If you are not using a security module that requires using
266 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
269 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
272 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
273 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
275 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
278 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
282 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
283 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
285 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
286 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
288 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
291 bool "JFS Security Labels"
294 Security labels support alternative access control models
295 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
296 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
297 labels in the jfs filesystem.
299 If you are not using a security module that requires using
300 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
306 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
307 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
308 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
309 results in very little overhead.
311 config JFS_STATISTICS
312 bool "JFS statistics"
315 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
316 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
319 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
321 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
322 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
327 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
328 source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
331 tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
332 depends on NET && SYSFS
338 OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
339 system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
340 numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
341 also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
343 You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
346 Project web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
347 Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
348 OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
350 Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
351 - extended attributes
352 - shared writeable mmap
353 - loopback is supported, but data written will not
356 - cluster aware flock
357 - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
358 - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
360 - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
362 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
363 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
367 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
368 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
369 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
370 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
373 tristate "Minix fs support"
375 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
376 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
377 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
378 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
379 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
380 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
381 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
382 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
384 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
385 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
386 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
390 tristate "ROM file system support"
392 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
393 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
394 other read-only media as well. Read
395 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
397 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
398 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
399 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
402 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
408 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
411 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
412 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
413 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
414 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
417 For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
422 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
426 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
427 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
428 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
429 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
431 For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
438 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
439 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
440 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
441 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
443 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
444 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
445 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
446 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
449 tristate "Old quota format support"
452 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
453 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
457 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
460 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
461 need this functionality say Y here.
465 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
469 bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
472 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
473 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
474 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
477 Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
480 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
482 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
483 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
484 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
485 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
487 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
488 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
489 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
491 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
492 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
495 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
498 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
499 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
502 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
504 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
505 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
506 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
507 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
509 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
510 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
511 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
513 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
514 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
515 modules configuration file.
517 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
518 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
519 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
523 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
525 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
526 in a userspace program.
528 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
529 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
530 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
532 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
533 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
535 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
536 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
539 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
542 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
544 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
545 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
546 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
547 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
548 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
549 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
550 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
551 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
552 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
554 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
555 module will be called isofs.
558 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
559 depends on ISO9660_FS
562 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
563 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
564 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
565 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
566 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
567 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
570 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
571 depends on ISO9660_FS
574 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
575 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
576 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
577 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
578 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
579 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
582 # for fs/nls/Config.in
588 tristate "UDF file system support"
590 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
591 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
592 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
593 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
595 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
596 module will be called udf.
603 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
609 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
615 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
616 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
617 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
618 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
619 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
622 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
623 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
624 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
625 order to make use of it.
627 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
628 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
629 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
632 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
633 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
634 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
635 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
637 It is now also becoming possible to read and write compressed FAT
638 file systems; read <file:Documentation/filesystems/fat_cvf.txt> for
641 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
644 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
645 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
646 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
647 -- they will have to be modules as well.
650 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
653 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
654 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
655 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
656 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
657 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
658 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
659 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
660 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
661 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
664 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
665 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
666 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
667 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
669 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
670 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
671 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
675 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
678 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
679 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
680 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
681 programs from the mtools package.
683 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
684 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
685 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
688 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
691 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
692 int "Default codepage for FAT"
693 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
696 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
697 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
698 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
700 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
701 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
705 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
706 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
707 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
708 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
709 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
710 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
711 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
714 tristate "NTFS file system support"
717 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
719 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
720 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
721 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
723 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
724 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
725 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
727 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
728 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
729 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
730 from the project web site.
732 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
733 and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
735 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
736 module will be called ntfs.
738 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
739 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
742 bool "NTFS debugging support"
745 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
746 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
747 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
748 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
749 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
750 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
751 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
752 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
753 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
754 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
756 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
757 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
758 slowdown of the system.
760 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
761 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
764 bool "NTFS write support"
767 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
769 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
770 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
771 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
772 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
775 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
776 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
777 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
779 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
780 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
781 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
784 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
785 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
786 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
787 need its own partition. For more information see
788 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
790 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
795 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
798 bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
801 This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
802 of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
803 your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
804 you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
805 version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
807 It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
808 information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
809 (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
810 that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
811 often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
812 to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
813 information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
815 Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
816 meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
817 That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
818 /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
820 The /proc file system is explained in the file
821 <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
824 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
825 programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
828 bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
829 depends on PROC_FS && MMU
832 bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
833 depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
836 Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
839 bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
844 The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
845 certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
846 a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
847 interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
848 modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
849 /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
850 in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
851 option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
853 As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
854 building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
858 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
861 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
862 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
863 relationships to one another.
865 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
866 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
867 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
868 and other kernel subsystems.
870 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
871 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
872 delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
874 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
875 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
876 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
877 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
879 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
882 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
884 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
886 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
887 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
888 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
891 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
893 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
894 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
898 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
899 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
901 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
902 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
904 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
907 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
908 depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || BROKEN
910 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
911 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
912 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
923 Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
924 read and write access.
926 It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If
927 you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
930 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
934 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
935 depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
937 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
938 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
939 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
940 of kernel objects, or config_items.
942 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
943 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
947 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
950 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
951 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
953 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
954 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
955 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
956 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
957 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
958 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
960 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
961 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
962 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
964 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
970 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
973 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
974 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
975 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
978 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
979 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
981 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
982 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
983 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
984 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
985 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
986 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
987 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
988 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
990 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
991 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
992 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
993 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
994 device support", above.
996 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
997 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
1000 tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1001 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO
1003 Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
1004 <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
1005 eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
1006 obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
1008 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1009 module will be called ecryptfs.
1012 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1013 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1016 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
1017 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1018 Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
1021 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1022 module will be called hfs.
1025 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1030 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1031 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1033 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1034 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1035 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1036 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1039 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1040 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1043 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1044 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1045 on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected
1046 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1047 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1048 extremely large volumes and files.
1050 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1051 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1053 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1055 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1062 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1063 debugging output from the driver.
1066 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1067 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1069 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1070 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1071 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1072 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1073 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1074 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1075 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1076 file system is contained in the file
1077 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1079 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1081 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1082 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1083 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1088 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1089 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1091 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1092 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1093 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1095 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1096 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1097 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1099 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1100 module will be called efs.
1103 tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support"
1104 depends on MTD && BLOCK
1106 JFFS is the Journalling Flash File System developed by Axis
1107 Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe
1108 file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is
1109 available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).
1111 config JFFS_FS_VERBOSE
1112 int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
1116 Determines the verbosity level of the JFFS debugging messages.
1119 bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem"
1120 depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS
1122 Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems
1123 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory.
1126 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1130 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1131 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1132 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1133 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1135 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1136 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1138 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1139 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1143 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1144 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1145 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1146 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1147 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1148 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1149 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1150 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1152 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1153 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1155 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1156 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1160 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1162 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1163 types of flash devices:
1165 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1168 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1169 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1170 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1173 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1174 for faster filesystem mount.
1176 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1177 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1181 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1182 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1183 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1186 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1187 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1188 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1192 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1193 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1194 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1198 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1199 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1201 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1202 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1204 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1206 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1207 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1208 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1211 Security labels support alternative access control models
1212 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1213 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1214 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1216 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1217 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1219 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1220 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1224 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1225 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1226 compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1227 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1228 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1230 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1233 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1239 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1240 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1241 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1242 further information.
1247 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1251 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1254 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1258 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1261 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1262 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1265 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1266 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1268 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1269 bool "no compression"
1271 Uses no compression.
1273 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1276 Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
1279 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1280 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1282 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1288 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1292 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1293 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1294 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1295 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1296 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1298 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1299 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1301 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1302 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1303 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1308 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1311 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1312 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1313 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1314 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1315 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1317 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1318 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1321 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1322 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1326 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1329 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1330 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1331 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1332 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1333 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1334 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1335 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1337 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1338 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1343 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1346 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1347 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1348 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1349 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1350 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1351 only be able to read these file systems.
1353 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1354 module will be called qnx4.
1356 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1360 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1361 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1363 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1365 It's currently broken, so for now:
1371 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1374 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1375 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1376 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1379 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1380 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1381 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is
1382 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1383 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1384 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1385 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1386 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1387 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1389 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1390 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1391 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1393 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1394 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1395 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1396 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1397 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1398 the System V file system in
1399 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1400 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1402 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1405 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1410 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1413 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1414 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1415 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1416 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1417 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1418 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1419 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1421 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1422 READ-ONLY supported.
1424 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1425 network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
1426 you need NFS file system support obviously).
1428 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1429 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1430 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1431 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1433 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1434 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1435 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1437 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1438 module will be called ufs.
1440 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1443 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1444 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1446 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1447 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1450 bool "UFS debugging"
1453 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1454 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1455 written to the system log.
1459 menu "Network File Systems"
1463 tristate "NFS file system support"
1467 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1469 If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
1470 (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
1471 on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
1472 protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
1473 the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
1474 client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
1475 programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
1476 support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
1477 Administrator's Guide, available from
1478 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
1479 nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
1481 A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
1482 the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
1484 If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
1485 This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1487 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1488 module will be called nfs.
1490 If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
1491 file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
1492 level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
1493 below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
1494 There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
1495 the net: netboot, available from
1496 <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
1497 available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
1499 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
1502 bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
1505 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
1506 3 of the NFS protocol.
1511 bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1514 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1515 Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
1516 the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1521 bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1522 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1523 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1525 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
1526 version 4 of the NFS protocol.
1528 Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
1529 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1534 bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files"
1537 This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
1538 in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
1539 is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
1540 cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
1541 directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
1542 no alignment restrictions.
1544 Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
1545 much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
1546 you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
1547 storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
1548 system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
1551 For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
1553 If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
1554 causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
1555 opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
1558 tristate "NFS server support"
1563 select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
1564 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1565 select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
1566 select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
1567 select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
1568 select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
1570 If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
1571 computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
1572 directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
1573 use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
1574 should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
1575 server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
1578 In either case, you will need support software; the respective
1579 locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
1582 If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
1583 protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
1586 Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
1587 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1589 To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
1590 module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
1597 bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
1600 If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
1601 server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
1604 bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1607 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1608 Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1609 be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1610 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
1613 bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1614 depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
1616 If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
1617 and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
1618 should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
1622 bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
1626 If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
1627 TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
1628 the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
1631 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1632 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1634 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
1635 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
1636 net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
1637 say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
1638 likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
1639 autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
1642 Most people say N here.
1649 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1655 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1661 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1670 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1671 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1672 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1678 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1679 mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
1682 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1683 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1687 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1688 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1689 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1696 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1697 mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
1699 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1700 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1705 tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
1709 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1710 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1711 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1712 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1713 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1714 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1715 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1716 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1717 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1719 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1720 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1721 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1722 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1725 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1726 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1728 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
1729 be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1731 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1732 bool "Use a default NLS"
1735 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1736 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1737 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1738 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1740 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1741 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1743 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1745 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1746 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1747 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1750 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1751 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1752 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1753 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1755 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1756 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1758 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1761 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
1765 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1766 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1767 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1768 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1769 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1770 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1771 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1772 support for Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
1773 You must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
1774 such as OS/2 and DOS.
1776 The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
1777 network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
1778 including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1779 session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
1780 packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements,
1781 and optional Winbind (nsswitch) integration. You do not need to enable
1782 cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both
1783 smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003
1784 and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need
1785 to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1788 bool "CIFS statistics"
1791 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1792 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1795 bool "Extended statistics"
1796 depends on CIFS_STATS
1798 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1799 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1800 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1801 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1802 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1803 and memory utilization.
1805 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1808 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1809 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1812 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1813 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1814 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1815 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1816 SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
1818 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1819 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1820 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1821 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1822 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1823 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1824 is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
1825 automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1826 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1827 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1828 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1829 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1835 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1838 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1839 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1840 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1841 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1842 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1843 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1844 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1845 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1851 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
1852 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1854 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1855 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1856 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1857 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1858 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1859 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1860 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1863 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
1866 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
1867 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
1868 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
1869 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
1870 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
1871 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
1873 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1874 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1875 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
1877 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
1878 experimental and currently include support for writepages
1879 (multipage writebehind performance improvements) and directory
1880 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY) as well as some security
1881 improvements. Some also depend on setting at runtime the
1882 pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental (which is disabled by
1883 default). See the file fs/cifs/README for more details.
1888 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1889 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1892 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
1893 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
1894 tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
1895 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
1899 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
1900 depends on IPX!=n || INET
1902 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
1903 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
1904 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
1905 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
1906 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
1907 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
1908 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1910 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
1911 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
1913 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1914 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1916 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1917 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
1919 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
1922 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
1925 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
1926 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
1927 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
1928 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
1929 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
1930 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
1931 persistent client caches and write back caching.
1933 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
1934 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
1935 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
1936 no kernel support. Please read
1937 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
1938 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
1940 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
1941 module will be called coda.
1943 config CODA_FS_OLD_API
1944 bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
1947 A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
1948 to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
1949 new realms implementation.
1951 However this new API is not backward compatible with older
1952 clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
1953 cache manager then say Y.
1955 For most cases you probably want to say N.
1958 # for fs/nls/Config.in
1959 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (Experimental)"
1960 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1963 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
1964 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
1966 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
1974 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
1975 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1977 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
1978 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
1980 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
1991 menu "Partition Types"
1993 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
1998 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
1999 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"