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 "Ext4dev/ext4 extended fs support development (EXPERIMENTAL)"
141 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
145 Ext4dev is a predecessor filesystem of the next generation
146 extended fs ext4, based on ext3 filesystem code. It will be
147 renamed ext4 fs later, once ext4dev is mature and stabilized.
149 Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
150 the on-disk format of ext4dev is not the same as ext3 any more:
151 it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit physical block
152 numbers. These combined on-disk format changes will allow
153 ext4dev/ext4 to handle more than 16 TB filesystem volumes --
154 a hard limit that ext3 cannot overcome without changing the
157 Other than extent maps and 48-bit block numbers, ext4dev also is
158 likely to have other new features such as persistent preallocation,
159 high resolution time stamps, and larger file support etc. These
160 features will be added to ext4dev gradually.
162 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
163 module will be called ext4dev.
167 config EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
168 bool "Ext4dev extended attributes"
169 depends on EXT4DEV_FS
172 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
173 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
174 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
178 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4dev/ext4.
180 config EXT4DEV_FS_POSIX_ACL
181 bool "Ext4dev POSIX Access Control Lists"
182 depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
185 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
186 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
188 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
189 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
191 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
193 config EXT4DEV_FS_SECURITY
194 bool "Ext4dev Security Labels"
195 depends on EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
197 Security labels support alternative access control models
198 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
199 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
200 labels in the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem.
202 If you are not using a security module that requires using
203 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
208 This is a generic journalling layer for block devices. It is
209 currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
210 also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
211 devices such as RAID or LVM.
213 If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
214 say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
217 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
218 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
219 you cannot compile this code as a module.
222 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
223 depends on JBD && DEBUG_FS
225 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
226 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
227 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
228 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
229 debugging output will be turned off.
231 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
232 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug", where N is a
233 number between 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging
234 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
235 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug".
240 This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
241 both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
242 the ext4dev/ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
243 journal support to other file systems or block devices such
246 If you are using ext4dev/ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
247 using ext4dev/ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
249 To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be
250 called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4dev/ext4 into the kernel,
251 you cannot compile this code as a module.
254 bool "JBD2 (ext4dev/ext4) debugging support"
255 depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS
257 If you are using the ext4dev/ext4 journaled file system (or
258 potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option
259 allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running,
260 in order to help track down any problems you are having.
261 By default, the debugging output will be turned off.
263 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
264 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug", where N is a
265 number between 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging
266 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
267 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug".
270 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4)
272 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4DEV_FS_XATTR
273 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4DEV_FS=y
274 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4DEV_FS=m
277 tristate "Reiserfs support"
279 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
280 tree. Uses journalling.
282 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
283 architectural foundations.
285 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
286 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
287 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
289 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
290 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
291 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
292 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
293 make source code open.''
295 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
297 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
299 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
300 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
302 config REISERFS_CHECK
303 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
304 depends on REISERFS_FS
306 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
307 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
308 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
309 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
310 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
311 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
312 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
313 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
314 everyone should say N.
316 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
317 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
318 depends on REISERFS_FS && PROC_FS
320 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
321 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
322 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
323 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
324 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
325 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
327 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
328 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
329 depends on REISERFS_FS
331 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
332 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
333 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
337 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
338 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
339 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
342 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
343 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
345 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
346 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
348 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
350 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
351 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
352 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
354 Security labels support alternative access control models
355 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
356 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
357 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
359 If you are not using a security module that requires using
360 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
363 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
366 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
367 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
369 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
372 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
376 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
377 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
379 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
380 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
382 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
385 bool "JFS Security Labels"
388 Security labels support alternative access control models
389 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
390 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
391 labels in the jfs filesystem.
393 If you are not using a security module that requires using
394 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
400 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
401 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
402 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
403 results in very little overhead.
405 config JFS_STATISTICS
406 bool "JFS statistics"
409 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
410 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
413 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
415 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
416 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
421 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
422 source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
425 tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
426 depends on NET && SYSFS
431 OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
432 system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
433 numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
434 also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
436 You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
439 Project web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
440 Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
441 OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
443 Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
444 - extended attributes
446 - cluster aware flock
447 - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
448 - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
450 - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
452 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
453 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
457 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
458 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
459 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
460 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
463 tristate "Minix fs support"
465 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
466 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
467 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
468 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
469 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
470 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
471 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
472 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
474 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
475 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
476 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
480 tristate "ROM file system support"
482 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
483 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
484 other read-only media as well. Read
485 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
487 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
488 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
489 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
492 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
498 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
501 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
502 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
503 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
504 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
507 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
512 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
516 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
517 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
518 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
519 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
521 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
528 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
529 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
530 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
531 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
533 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
534 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
535 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
536 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
538 config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
539 bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
540 depends on QUOTA && NET
542 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
543 hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
546 config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
547 bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
551 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
552 hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
553 Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
554 future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
557 tristate "Old quota format support"
560 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
561 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
565 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
568 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
569 need this functionality say Y here.
573 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
577 bool "Dnotify support"
580 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
581 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
582 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
588 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
590 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
591 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
592 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
593 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
595 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
596 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
597 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
599 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
600 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
603 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
606 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
607 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
610 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
612 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
613 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
614 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
615 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
617 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
618 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
619 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
621 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
622 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
623 modules configuration file.
625 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
626 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
627 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
631 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
633 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
634 in a userspace program.
636 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
637 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
638 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
640 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
641 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
643 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
644 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
651 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
654 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
656 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
657 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
658 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
659 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
660 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
661 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
662 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
663 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
664 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
666 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
667 module will be called isofs.
670 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
671 depends on ISO9660_FS
674 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
675 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
676 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
677 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
678 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
679 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
682 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
683 depends on ISO9660_FS
686 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
687 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
688 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
689 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
690 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
691 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
694 tristate "UDF file system support"
696 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
697 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
698 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
699 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
701 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
702 module will be called udf.
709 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
715 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
721 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
722 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
723 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
724 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
725 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
728 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
729 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
730 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
731 order to make use of it.
733 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
734 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
735 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
738 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
739 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
740 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
741 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
743 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
746 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
747 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
748 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
749 -- they will have to be modules as well.
752 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
755 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
756 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
757 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
758 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
759 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
760 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
761 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
762 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
763 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
766 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
767 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
768 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
769 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
771 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
772 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
773 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
777 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
780 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
781 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
782 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
783 programs from the mtools package.
785 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
786 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
787 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
790 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
793 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
794 int "Default codepage for FAT"
795 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
798 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
799 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
800 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
802 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
803 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
807 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
808 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
809 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
810 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
811 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
812 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
813 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
816 tristate "NTFS file system support"
819 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
821 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
822 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
823 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
825 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
826 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
827 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
829 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
830 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
831 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
832 from the project web site.
834 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
835 and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
837 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
838 module will be called ntfs.
840 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
841 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
844 bool "NTFS debugging support"
847 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
848 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
849 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
850 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
851 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
852 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
853 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
854 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
855 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
856 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
858 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
859 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
860 slowdown of the system.
862 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
863 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
866 bool "NTFS write support"
869 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
871 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
872 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
873 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
874 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
877 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
878 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
879 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
881 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
882 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
883 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
886 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
887 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
888 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
889 need its own partition. For more information see
890 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
892 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
897 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
900 bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
903 This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
904 of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
905 your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
906 you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
907 version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
909 It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
910 information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
911 (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
912 that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
913 often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
914 to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
915 information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
917 Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
918 meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
919 That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
920 /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
922 The /proc file system is explained in the file
923 <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
926 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
927 programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
930 bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
931 depends on PROC_FS && MMU
934 bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
935 depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
938 Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
941 bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
946 The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
947 certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
948 a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
949 interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
950 modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
951 /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
952 in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
953 option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
955 As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
956 building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
960 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
963 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
964 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
965 relationships to one another.
967 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
968 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
969 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
970 and other kernel subsystems.
972 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
973 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
974 delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
976 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
977 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
978 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
979 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
981 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
984 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
986 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
988 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
989 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
990 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
993 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
995 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
996 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
1000 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1001 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1003 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
1004 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1006 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
1009 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
1010 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || (SUPERH && MMU) || BROKEN
1012 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
1013 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
1014 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
1022 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1023 depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
1025 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
1026 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
1027 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
1028 of kernel objects, or config_items.
1030 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
1031 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
1035 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
1038 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1039 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1041 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
1042 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
1043 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
1044 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
1045 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
1046 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
1048 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
1049 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
1050 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
1052 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1058 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1061 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
1062 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
1063 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
1066 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1067 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1069 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
1070 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
1071 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
1072 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
1073 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
1074 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
1075 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
1076 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
1078 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
1079 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
1080 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
1081 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
1082 device support", above.
1084 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1085 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
1088 tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1089 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
1091 Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
1092 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
1093 eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
1094 obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
1096 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1097 module will be called ecryptfs.
1100 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1101 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1104 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
1105 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1106 Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
1109 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1110 module will be called hfs.
1113 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1118 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1119 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1121 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1122 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1123 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1124 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1127 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1128 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1131 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1132 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1133 on files and directories, and database-like indices on selected
1134 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1135 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1136 extremely large volumes and files.
1138 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1139 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1141 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1143 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1150 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1151 debugging output from the driver.
1154 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1155 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1157 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1158 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1159 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1160 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1161 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1162 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1163 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1164 file system is contained in the file
1165 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1167 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1169 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1170 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1171 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1176 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1177 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1179 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1180 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1181 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1183 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1184 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1185 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1187 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1188 module will be called efs.
1191 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1195 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1196 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1197 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1198 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1200 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1201 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1203 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1204 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1208 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1209 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1210 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1211 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1212 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1213 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1214 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1215 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1217 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1218 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1220 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1221 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1225 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1227 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1228 types of flash devices:
1230 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1233 config JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
1234 bool "Verify JFFS2 write-buffer reads"
1235 depends on JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1238 This causes JFFS2 to read back every page written through the
1239 write-buffer, and check for errors.
1241 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1242 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1243 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1246 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1247 for faster filesystem mount.
1249 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1250 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1254 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1255 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1256 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1259 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1260 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1261 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1265 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1266 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1267 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1271 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1272 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1274 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1275 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1277 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1279 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1280 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1281 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1284 Security labels support alternative access control models
1285 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1286 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1287 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1289 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1290 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1292 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1293 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1297 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1298 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1299 compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1300 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1301 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1303 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1306 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1312 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1313 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1314 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1315 further information.
1320 bool "JFFS2 LZO compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1322 select LZO_DECOMPRESS
1326 minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
1328 This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
1329 compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
1332 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1336 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1339 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1343 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1346 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1347 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1350 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1351 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1353 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1354 bool "no compression"
1356 Uses no compression.
1358 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1361 Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
1364 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1365 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1367 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1370 config JFFS2_CMODE_FAVOURLZO
1373 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1374 result but gives some preference to LZO (which has faster
1375 decompression) at the expense of size.
1380 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1384 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1385 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1386 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1387 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1388 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1390 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1391 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1393 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1394 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1395 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1400 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1403 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1404 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1405 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1406 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1407 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1409 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1410 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1413 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1414 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1418 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1421 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1422 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1423 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1424 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1425 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1426 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1427 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1429 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1430 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1435 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1438 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1439 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1440 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1441 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1442 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1443 only be able to read these file systems.
1445 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1446 module will be called qnx4.
1448 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1452 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1453 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1455 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1457 It's currently broken, so for now:
1463 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1466 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1467 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1468 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1471 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1472 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1473 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is
1474 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1475 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1476 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1477 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1478 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1479 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1481 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1482 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1483 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1485 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1486 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1487 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1488 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1489 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1490 the System V file system in
1491 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1492 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1494 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1497 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1502 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1505 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1506 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1507 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1508 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1509 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1510 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1511 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1513 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1514 READ-ONLY supported.
1516 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1517 network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
1518 you need NFS file system support obviously).
1520 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1521 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1522 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1523 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1525 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1526 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1527 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1529 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1530 module will be called ufs.
1532 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1535 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1536 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1538 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1539 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1542 bool "UFS debugging"
1545 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1546 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1547 written to the system log.
1551 menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1552 bool "Network File Systems"
1556 Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
1557 filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
1558 RPCSEC security modules.
1559 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1561 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
1562 disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
1564 if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1567 tristate "NFS file system support"
1571 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1573 If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
1574 (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
1575 on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
1576 protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
1577 the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
1578 client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
1579 programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
1580 support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
1581 Administrator's Guide, available from
1582 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
1583 nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
1585 A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
1586 the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
1588 If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
1589 This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1591 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1592 module will be called nfs.
1594 If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
1595 file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
1596 level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
1597 below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
1598 There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
1599 the net: netboot, available from
1600 <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
1601 available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
1603 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
1606 bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
1609 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
1610 3 of the NFS protocol.
1615 bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1618 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1619 Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
1620 the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1625 bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1626 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1627 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1629 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
1630 version 4 of the NFS protocol.
1632 Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
1633 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1638 bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files"
1641 This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
1642 in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
1643 is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
1644 cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
1645 directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
1646 no alignment restrictions.
1648 Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
1649 much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
1650 you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
1651 storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
1652 system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
1655 For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
1657 If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
1658 causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
1659 opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
1662 tristate "NFS server support"
1667 select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
1668 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1669 select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
1670 select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
1671 select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
1672 select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
1674 If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
1675 computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
1676 directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
1677 use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
1678 should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
1679 server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
1682 In either case, you will need support software; the respective
1683 locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
1686 If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
1687 protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
1690 Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
1691 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1693 To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
1694 module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
1701 bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
1704 If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
1705 server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
1708 bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1711 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1712 Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1713 be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1714 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
1717 bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1718 depends on NFSD && NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
1719 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1721 If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
1722 and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
1723 should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
1727 bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
1731 If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
1732 TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
1733 the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
1736 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1737 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1739 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
1740 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
1741 net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
1742 say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
1743 likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
1744 autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
1747 Most people say N here.
1754 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1760 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1766 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1775 config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
1776 tristate "RDMA transport for sunrpc (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1777 depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
1780 Adds a client RPC transport for supporting kernel NFS over RDMA
1781 mounts, including Infiniband and iWARP. Experimental.
1783 config SUNRPC_BIND34
1784 bool "Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1785 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1787 Provides kernel support for querying rpcbind servers via versions 3
1788 and 4 of the rpcbind protocol. The kernel automatically falls back
1789 to version 2 if a remote rpcbind service does not support versions
1792 If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (version 2 rpcbind
1795 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1796 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1797 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1804 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1805 mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
1808 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1809 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1813 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1814 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1815 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1823 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1824 mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
1826 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1827 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1832 tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
1836 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1837 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1838 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1839 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1840 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1841 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1842 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1843 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1844 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1846 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1847 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1848 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1849 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1852 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1853 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1855 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
1856 be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1858 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1859 bool "Use a default NLS"
1862 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1863 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1864 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1865 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1867 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1868 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1870 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1872 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1873 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1874 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1877 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1878 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1879 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1880 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1882 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1883 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1885 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1888 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
1892 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1893 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1894 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1895 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1896 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1897 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1898 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1899 support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
1901 The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
1902 network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
1903 including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1904 session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
1905 packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
1906 If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1909 bool "CIFS statistics"
1912 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1913 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1916 bool "Extended statistics"
1917 depends on CIFS_STATS
1919 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1920 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1921 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1922 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1923 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1924 and memory utilization.
1926 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1929 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1930 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1933 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1934 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1935 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1936 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1937 SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
1939 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1940 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1941 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1942 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1943 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1944 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1945 is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
1946 automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1947 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1948 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1949 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1950 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1956 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1959 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1960 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1961 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1962 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1963 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1964 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1965 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1966 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1972 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
1973 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1975 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1976 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1977 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1978 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1979 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1980 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1981 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1984 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
1987 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
1988 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
1989 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
1990 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
1991 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
1992 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
1994 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1995 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1996 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
1998 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
1999 experimental and currently include DFS support and directory
2000 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY), as well as the upcall
2001 mechanism which will be used for Kerberos session negotiation
2002 and uid remapping. Some of these features also may depend on
2003 setting a value of 1 to the pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental
2004 (which is disabled by default). See the file fs/cifs/README
2005 for more details. If unsure, say N.
2008 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2009 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
2012 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
2013 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
2014 tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
2015 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
2019 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
2020 depends on IPX!=n || INET
2022 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
2023 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
2024 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
2025 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
2026 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
2027 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
2028 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2030 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
2031 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
2033 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
2034 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
2036 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
2037 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
2039 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
2042 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
2045 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
2046 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
2047 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
2048 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
2049 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
2050 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
2051 persistent client caches and write back caching.
2053 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
2054 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
2055 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
2056 no kernel support. Please read
2057 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
2058 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
2060 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
2061 module will be called coda.
2063 config CODA_FS_OLD_API
2064 bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
2067 A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
2068 to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
2069 new realms implementation.
2071 However this new API is not backward compatible with older
2072 clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
2073 cache manager then say Y.
2075 For most cases you probably want to say N.
2078 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2079 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
2082 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
2083 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
2085 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2090 bool "AFS dynamic debugging"
2093 Say Y here to make runtime controllable debugging messages appear.
2095 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2100 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
2101 depends on INET && NET_9P && EXPERIMENTAL
2103 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
2104 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
2106 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
2110 endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
2113 menu "Partition Types"
2115 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
2120 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
2121 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"