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.
20 bool "Ext2 extended attributes"
23 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
24 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
25 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
29 config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
30 bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
31 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
34 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
35 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
37 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
38 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
40 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
42 config EXT2_FS_SECURITY
43 bool "Ext2 Security Labels"
44 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
46 Security labels support alternative access control models
47 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
48 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
49 labels in the ext2 filesystem.
51 If you are not using a security module that requires using
52 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
55 bool "Ext2 execute in place support"
56 depends on EXT2_FS && MMU
58 Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you
59 enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are
60 capable of this feature without using the page cache.
62 If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this,
68 depends on EXT2_FS_XIP
72 tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
75 This is the journalling version of the Second extended file system
76 (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
77 (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
79 The journalling code included in this driver means you do not have
80 to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
81 crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made
82 at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system
83 is consistent without the need for a lengthy check.
85 Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format
86 of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch
87 between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the
88 file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file
91 To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the
92 behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man
93 tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3
94 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using
95 e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals
96 (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>).
98 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
99 module will be called ext3.
102 bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
106 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
107 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
108 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
112 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
114 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
115 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
116 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
119 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
120 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
122 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
123 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
125 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
127 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
128 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
129 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
131 Security labels support alternative access control models
132 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
133 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
134 labels in the ext3 filesystem.
136 If you are not using a security module that requires using
137 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
140 tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
144 This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
146 Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
147 the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with
148 ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
149 physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
150 allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
151 and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
152 up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
153 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
155 The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3
156 filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
157 the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
158 performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
159 filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4
160 filesystem initially.
162 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
163 module will be called ext4dev.
167 config EXT4DEV_COMPAT
168 bool "Enable ext4dev compatibility"
171 Starting with 2.6.28, the name of the ext4 filesystem was
172 renamed from ext4dev to ext4. Unfortunately there are some
173 legacy userspace programs (such as klibc's fstype) have
176 To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are
177 still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev,
178 chose Y here. This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so
179 please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed!
182 bool "Ext4 extended attributes"
186 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
187 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
188 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
192 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4.
194 config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
195 bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
196 depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
199 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
200 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
202 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
203 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
205 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
207 config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
208 bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
209 depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
211 Security labels support alternative access control models
212 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
213 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
214 labels in the ext4 filesystem.
216 If you are not using a security module that requires using
217 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
222 This is a generic journalling layer for block devices. It is
223 currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
224 also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
225 devices such as RAID or LVM.
227 If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
228 say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
231 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
232 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
233 you cannot compile this code as a module.
236 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
237 depends on JBD && DEBUG_FS
239 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
240 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
241 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
242 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
243 debugging output will be turned off.
245 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
246 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug", where N is a
247 number between 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging
248 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
249 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug".
255 This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
256 both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
257 the ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
258 journal support to other file systems or block devices such
261 If you are using ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
262 using ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
264 To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be
265 called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4 into the kernel,
266 you cannot compile this code as a module.
269 bool "JBD2 (ext4) debugging support"
270 depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS
272 If you are using the ext4 journaled file system (or
273 potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option
274 allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running,
275 in order to help track down any problems you are having.
276 By default, the debugging output will be turned off.
278 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
279 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug", where N is a
280 number between 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging
281 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
282 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug".
285 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4)
287 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS_XATTR
288 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4_FS=y
289 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4_FS=m
292 tristate "Reiserfs support"
294 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
295 tree. Uses journalling.
297 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
298 architectural foundations.
300 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
301 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
302 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
304 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
305 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
306 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
307 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
308 make source code open.''
310 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
312 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
314 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
315 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
317 config REISERFS_CHECK
318 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
319 depends on REISERFS_FS
321 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
322 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
323 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
324 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
325 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
326 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
327 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
328 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
329 everyone should say N.
331 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
332 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
333 depends on REISERFS_FS && PROC_FS
335 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
336 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
337 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
338 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
339 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
340 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
342 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
343 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
344 depends on REISERFS_FS
346 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
347 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
348 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
352 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
353 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
354 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
357 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
358 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
360 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
361 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
363 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
365 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
366 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
367 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
369 Security labels support alternative access control models
370 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
371 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
372 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
374 If you are not using a security module that requires using
375 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
378 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
381 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
382 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
384 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
387 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
391 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
392 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
394 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
395 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
397 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
400 bool "JFS Security Labels"
403 Security labels support alternative access control models
404 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
405 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
406 labels in the jfs filesystem.
408 If you are not using a security module that requires using
409 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
415 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
416 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
417 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
418 results in very little overhead.
420 config JFS_STATISTICS
421 bool "JFS statistics"
424 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
425 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
428 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs/nfs4)
430 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
431 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
436 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
437 source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
440 tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
441 depends on NET && SYSFS
446 OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
447 system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
448 numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
449 also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
451 You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
454 Project web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
455 Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
456 OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
458 For more information on OCFS2, see the file
459 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
462 tristate "O2CB Kernelspace Clustering"
466 OCFS2 includes a simple kernelspace clustering package, the OCFS2
467 Cluster Base. It only requires a very small userspace component
468 to configure it. This comes with the standard ocfs2-tools package.
469 O2CB is limited to maintaining a cluster for OCFS2 file systems.
470 It cannot manage any other cluster applications.
472 It is always safe to say Y here, as the clustering method is
475 config OCFS2_FS_USERSPACE_CLUSTER
476 tristate "OCFS2 Userspace Clustering"
477 depends on OCFS2_FS && DLM
480 This option will allow OCFS2 to use userspace clustering services
481 in conjunction with the DLM in fs/dlm. If you are using a
482 userspace cluster manager, say Y here.
484 It is safe to say Y, as the clustering method is run-time
487 config OCFS2_FS_STATS
488 bool "OCFS2 statistics"
492 This option allows some fs statistics to be captured. Enabling
493 this option may increase the memory consumption.
495 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
496 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
500 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
501 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
502 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
503 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
505 config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
506 bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
510 This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
511 this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
512 performance of the filesystem.
517 bool "Dnotify support"
520 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
521 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
522 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
528 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
531 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
532 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
533 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
534 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
537 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
542 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
546 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
547 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
548 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
549 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
551 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
558 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
559 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
560 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
561 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
563 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
564 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
565 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
566 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
568 config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
569 bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
570 depends on QUOTA && NET
572 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
573 hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
576 config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
577 bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
581 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
582 hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
583 Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
584 future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
587 tristate "Old quota format support"
590 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
591 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
595 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
598 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
599 need this functionality say Y here.
603 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
607 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
609 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
610 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
611 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
612 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
614 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
615 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
616 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
618 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
619 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
622 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
625 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
626 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
629 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
631 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
632 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
633 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
634 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
636 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
637 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
638 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
640 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
641 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
642 modules configuration file.
644 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
645 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
646 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
650 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
652 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
653 in a userspace program.
655 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
656 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
657 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
659 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
660 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
662 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
663 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
670 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
673 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
675 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
676 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
677 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
678 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
679 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
680 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
681 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
682 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
683 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
685 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
686 module will be called isofs.
689 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
690 depends on ISO9660_FS
693 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
694 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
695 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
696 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
697 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
698 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
701 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
702 depends on ISO9660_FS
705 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
706 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
707 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
708 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
709 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
710 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
713 tristate "UDF file system support"
716 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
717 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
718 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
719 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
721 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
722 module will be called udf.
729 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
735 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
741 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
742 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
743 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
744 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
745 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
748 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
749 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
750 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
751 order to make use of it.
753 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
754 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
755 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
758 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
759 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
760 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
761 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
763 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
766 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
767 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
768 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
769 -- they will have to be modules as well.
772 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
775 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
776 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
777 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
778 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
779 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
780 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
781 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
782 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
783 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
786 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
787 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
788 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
789 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
791 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
792 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
793 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
797 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
800 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
801 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
802 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
803 programs from the mtools package.
805 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
806 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
807 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
810 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
813 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
814 int "Default codepage for FAT"
815 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
818 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
819 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
820 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
822 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
823 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
827 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
828 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
829 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
830 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
831 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
832 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
833 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
836 tristate "NTFS file system support"
839 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
841 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
842 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
843 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
845 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
846 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
847 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
849 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
850 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
851 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
852 from the project web site.
854 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
855 and <http://www.linux-ntfs.org/>.
857 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
858 module will be called ntfs.
860 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
861 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
864 bool "NTFS debugging support"
867 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
868 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
869 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
870 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
871 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
872 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
873 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
874 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
875 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
876 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
878 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
879 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
880 slowdown of the system.
882 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
883 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
886 bool "NTFS write support"
889 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
891 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
892 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
893 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
894 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
897 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
898 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
899 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
901 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
902 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
903 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
906 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
907 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
908 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
909 need its own partition. For more information see
910 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
912 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
917 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
919 source "fs/proc/Kconfig"
922 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
925 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
926 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
927 relationships to one another.
929 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
930 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
931 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
932 and other kernel subsystems.
934 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
935 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
936 delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
938 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
939 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
940 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
941 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
943 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
946 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
948 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
950 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
951 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
952 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
955 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
957 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
958 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
962 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
963 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
965 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
966 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
968 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
971 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
972 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || (SUPERH && MMU) || \
973 (S390 && 64BIT) || BROKEN
975 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
976 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
977 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
985 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
988 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
989 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
990 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
991 of kernel objects, or config_items.
993 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
994 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
998 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
1001 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1002 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1004 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
1005 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
1006 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
1007 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
1008 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
1009 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
1011 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
1012 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
1013 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
1015 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1021 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1024 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
1025 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
1026 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
1029 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1030 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1032 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
1033 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
1034 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
1035 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
1036 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
1037 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
1038 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
1039 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
1041 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
1042 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
1043 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
1044 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
1045 device support", above.
1047 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1048 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
1051 tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1052 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
1054 Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
1055 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
1056 eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
1057 obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
1059 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1060 module will be called ecryptfs.
1063 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1064 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1067 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
1068 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1069 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
1070 the available mount options.
1072 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1073 module will be called hfs.
1076 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1081 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1082 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1084 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1085 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1086 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1087 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1090 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1091 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1094 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1095 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1096 on files and directories, and database-like indices on selected
1097 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1098 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1099 extremely large volumes and files.
1101 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1102 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1104 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1106 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1113 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1114 debugging output from the driver.
1117 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1118 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1120 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1121 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1122 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1123 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1124 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1125 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1126 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1127 file system is contained in the file
1128 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1130 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1132 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1133 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1134 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1139 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1140 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1142 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1143 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1144 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1146 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1147 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1148 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1150 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1151 module will be called efs.
1154 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1158 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1159 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1160 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1161 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1163 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1164 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1166 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1167 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1171 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1172 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1173 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1174 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1175 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1176 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1177 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1178 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1180 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1181 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1183 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1184 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1188 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1190 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1191 types of flash devices:
1193 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1196 config JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
1197 bool "Verify JFFS2 write-buffer reads"
1198 depends on JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1201 This causes JFFS2 to read back every page written through the
1202 write-buffer, and check for errors.
1204 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1205 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1206 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1209 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1210 for faster filesystem mount.
1212 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1213 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1217 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1218 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1219 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1222 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1223 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1224 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1228 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1229 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1230 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1234 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1235 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1237 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1238 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1240 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1242 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1243 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1244 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1247 Security labels support alternative access control models
1248 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1249 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1250 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1252 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1253 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1255 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1256 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1260 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1261 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1262 compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1263 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1264 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1266 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1269 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1275 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1276 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1277 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1278 further information.
1283 bool "JFFS2 LZO compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1285 select LZO_DECOMPRESS
1289 minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
1291 This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
1292 compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
1295 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1299 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1302 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1306 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1309 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1310 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1313 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1314 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1316 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1317 bool "no compression"
1319 Uses no compression.
1321 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1324 Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
1327 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1328 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1330 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1333 config JFFS2_CMODE_FAVOURLZO
1336 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1337 result but gives some preference to LZO (which has faster
1338 decompression) at the expense of size.
1342 # UBIFS File system configuration
1343 source "fs/ubifs/Kconfig"
1346 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1350 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1351 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1352 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1353 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1354 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1356 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1357 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1359 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1360 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1361 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1366 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1369 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1370 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1371 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1372 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1373 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1375 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1376 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1379 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1380 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1383 tristate "Minix file system support"
1386 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
1387 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
1388 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
1389 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
1390 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
1391 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
1392 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
1393 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
1395 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1396 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
1397 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
1401 tristate "SonicBlue Optimized MPEG File System support"
1405 This is the proprietary file system used by the Rio Karma music
1406 player and ReplayTV DVR. Despite the name, this filesystem is not
1407 more efficient than a standard FS for MPEG files, in fact likely
1408 the opposite is true. Say Y if you have either of these devices
1409 and wish to mount its disk.
1411 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1412 module will be called omfs. If unsure, say N.
1415 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1418 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1419 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1420 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1421 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1422 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1423 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1424 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1426 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1427 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1431 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1434 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1435 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1436 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1437 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1438 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1439 only be able to read these file systems.
1441 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1442 module will be called qnx4.
1444 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1448 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1449 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1451 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1453 It's currently broken, so for now:
1457 tristate "ROM file system support"
1460 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
1461 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
1462 other read-only media as well. Read
1463 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
1465 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1466 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
1467 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
1470 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1475 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1478 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1479 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1480 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1483 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1484 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1485 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is
1486 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1487 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1488 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1489 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1490 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1491 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1493 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1494 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1495 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1497 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1498 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1499 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1500 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1501 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1502 the System V file system in
1503 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1504 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1506 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1509 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1513 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1516 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1517 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1518 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1519 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1520 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1521 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1522 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1524 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1525 READ-ONLY supported.
1527 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1528 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1529 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1530 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1532 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1533 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1534 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1536 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1537 module will be called ufs.
1539 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1542 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1543 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1545 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1546 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1549 bool "UFS debugging"
1552 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1553 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1554 written to the system log.
1558 menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1559 bool "Network File Systems"
1563 Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
1564 filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
1565 RPCSEC security modules.
1567 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1569 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
1570 disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
1572 if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1575 tristate "NFS client support"
1579 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1581 Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other
1582 computers using Sun's Network File System protocol. To compile
1583 this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module
1586 To mount file systems exported by NFS servers, you also need to
1587 install the user space mount.nfs command which can be found in
1588 the Linux nfs-utils package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1589 Information about using the mount command is available in the
1590 mount(8) man page. More detail about the Linux NFS client
1591 implementation is available via the nfs(5) man page.
1593 Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
1594 available in the kernel to mount NFS servers. Support for NFS
1595 version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when NFS_FS is selected.
1597 To configure a system which mounts its root file system via NFS
1598 at boot time, say Y here, select "Kernel level IP
1599 autoconfiguration" in the NETWORK menu, and select "Root file
1600 system on NFS" below. You cannot compile this file system as a
1601 module in this case.
1606 bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
1609 This option enables support for version 3 of the NFS protocol
1610 (RFC 1813) in the kernel's NFS client.
1615 bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1618 Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
1619 Sun added to Solaris but never became an official part of the
1620 NFS version 3 protocol. This protocol extension allows
1621 applications on NFS clients to manipulate POSIX Access Control
1622 Lists on files residing on NFS servers. NFS servers enforce
1623 ACLs on local files whether this protocol is available or not.
1625 Choose Y here if your NFS server supports the Solaris NFSv3 ACL
1626 protocol extension and you want your NFS client to allow
1627 applications to access and modify ACLs on files on the server.
1629 Most NFS servers don't support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol
1630 extension. You can choose N here or specify the "noacl" mount
1631 option to prevent your NFS client from trying to use the NFSv3
1637 bool "NFS client support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1638 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1639 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1641 This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol
1642 (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client.
1644 To mount NFS servers using NFSv4, you also need to install user
1645 space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
1646 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1651 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1652 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1654 If you want your system to mount its root file system via NFS,
1655 choose Y here. This is common practice for managing systems
1656 without local permanent storage. For details, read
1657 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt>.
1659 Most people say N here.
1662 tristate "NFS server support"
1667 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1669 Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
1670 files residing on this system using Sun's Network File System
1671 protocol. To compile the NFS server support as a module,
1672 choose M here: the module will be called nfsd.
1674 You may choose to use a user-space NFS server instead, in which
1675 case you can choose N here.
1677 To export local file systems using NFS, you also need to install
1678 user space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils
1679 package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/. More detail about
1680 the Linux NFS server implementation is available via the
1681 exports(5) man page.
1683 Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
1684 available to clients mounting the NFS server on this system.
1685 Support for NFS version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when
1686 CONFIG_NFSD is selected.
1695 bool "NFS server support for NFS version 3"
1698 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
1699 version 3 of the NFS protocol (RFC 1813).
1704 bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1708 Solaris NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
1709 never became an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
1710 This protocol extension allows applications on NFS clients to
1711 manipulate POSIX Access Control Lists on files residing on NFS
1712 servers. NFS servers enforce POSIX ACLs on local files whether
1713 this protocol is available or not.
1715 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for the
1716 NFSv3 ACL protocol extension allowing NFS clients to manipulate
1717 POSIX ACLs on files exported by your system's NFS server. NFS
1718 clients which support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol can then
1719 access and modify ACLs on your NFS server.
1721 To store ACLs on your NFS server, you also need to enable ACL-
1722 related CONFIG options for your local file systems of choice.
1727 bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1728 depends on NFSD && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1731 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1733 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
1734 version 4 of the NFS protocol (RFC 3530).
1736 To export files using NFSv4, you need to install additional user
1737 space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
1738 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1747 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1753 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1759 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1768 config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
1770 depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
1771 default SUNRPC && INFINIBAND
1773 This option enables an RPC client transport capability that
1774 allows the NFS client to mount servers via an RDMA-enabled
1777 To compile RPC client RDMA transport support as a module,
1778 choose M here: the module will be called xprtrdma.
1782 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1783 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1784 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1791 Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the Kerberos version 5
1792 GSS-API mechanism (RFC 1964).
1794 Secure RPC calls with Kerberos require an auxiliary user-space
1795 daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
1796 available from http://linux-nfs.org/. In addition, user-space
1797 Kerberos support should be installed.
1801 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1802 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1803 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1811 Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the SPKM3 public key
1812 GSS-API mechansim (RFC 2025).
1814 Secure RPC calls with SPKM3 require an auxiliary userspace
1815 daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
1816 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1821 tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)"
1825 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1826 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1827 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1828 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1829 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1830 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1831 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1832 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1833 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1835 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1836 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1837 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1838 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1841 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1842 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1844 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here:
1845 the module will be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1847 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1848 bool "Use a default NLS"
1851 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1852 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1853 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1854 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1856 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1857 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1859 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1861 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1862 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1863 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1866 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1867 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1868 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1869 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1871 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1872 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1874 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1877 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
1881 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1882 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1883 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1884 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1885 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1886 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1887 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1888 support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
1891 The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
1892 client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
1893 support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1894 session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
1895 safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
1896 signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
1897 If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1900 bool "CIFS statistics"
1903 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1904 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1907 bool "Extended statistics"
1908 depends on CIFS_STATS
1910 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1911 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1912 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1913 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1914 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1915 and memory utilization.
1917 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1920 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1921 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1924 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1925 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1926 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1927 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1928 SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
1929 establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
1931 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1932 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1933 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1934 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1935 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1936 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1937 is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
1938 used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1939 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1940 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1941 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1942 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1948 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup"
1949 depends on CIFS && KEYS
1951 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
1952 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
1953 Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
1954 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
1958 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1961 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1962 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1963 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1964 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1965 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1966 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1967 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1968 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1974 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
1975 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1977 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1978 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1979 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1980 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1981 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1982 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1983 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1986 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
1989 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
1990 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
1991 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
1992 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
1993 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
1994 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
1996 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1997 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1998 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
2000 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
2001 experimental and currently include DFS support and directory
2002 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY), as well as the upcall
2003 mechanism which will be used for Kerberos session negotiation
2004 and uid remapping. Some of these features also may depend on
2005 setting a value of 1 to the pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental
2006 (which is disabled by default). See the file fs/cifs/README
2007 for more details. If unsure, say N.
2009 config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
2010 bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2011 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
2014 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
2015 helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
2016 IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
2017 points. If unsure, say N.
2020 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
2021 depends on IPX!=n || INET
2023 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
2024 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
2025 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
2026 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
2027 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
2028 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
2029 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2031 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
2032 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
2034 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
2035 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
2037 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
2038 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
2040 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
2043 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
2046 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
2047 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
2048 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
2049 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
2050 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
2051 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
2052 persistent client caches and write back caching.
2054 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
2055 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
2056 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
2057 no kernel support. Please read
2058 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
2059 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
2061 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
2062 module will be called coda.
2065 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2066 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
2069 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
2070 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
2072 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2077 bool "AFS dynamic debugging"
2080 Say Y here to make runtime controllable debugging messages appear.
2082 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2087 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
2088 depends on INET && NET_9P && EXPERIMENTAL
2090 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
2091 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
2093 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
2097 endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
2100 menu "Partition Types"
2102 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
2107 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
2108 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"