2 # File system configuration
8 tristate "Second extended fs support"
10 Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
12 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
13 module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system
14 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
15 be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.
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 journaling 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 journaling 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. Be aware however that the file system
100 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
101 be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous.
104 bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
108 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
109 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
110 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
114 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
116 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
117 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
118 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
121 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
122 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
124 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
125 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
127 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
129 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
130 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
131 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
133 Security labels support alternative access control models
134 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
135 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
136 labels in the ext3 filesystem.
138 If you are not using a security module that requires using
139 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
144 This is a generic journaling layer for block devices. It is
145 currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
146 also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
147 devices such as RAID or LVM.
149 If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
150 say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
153 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
154 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
155 you cannot compile this code as a module.
158 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
161 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
162 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
163 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
164 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
165 debugging output will be turned off.
167 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
168 with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between
169 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is
170 generated. To turn debugging off again, do
171 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug".
174 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3)
176 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR
177 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y
178 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m
181 tristate "Reiserfs support"
183 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
184 tree. Uses journaling.
186 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
187 architectural foundations.
189 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
190 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
191 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
193 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
194 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
195 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
196 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
197 make source code open.''
199 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
201 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
203 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
204 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
206 config REISERFS_CHECK
207 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
208 depends on REISERFS_FS
210 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
211 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
212 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
213 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
214 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
215 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
216 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
217 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
218 everyone should say N.
220 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
221 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
222 depends on REISERFS_FS
224 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
225 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
226 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
227 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
228 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
229 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
231 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
232 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
233 depends on REISERFS_FS
235 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
236 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
237 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
241 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
242 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
243 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
246 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
247 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
249 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
250 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
252 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
254 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
255 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
256 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
258 Security labels support alternative access control models
259 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
260 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
261 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
263 If you are not using a security module that requires using
264 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
267 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
270 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
271 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
273 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
276 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
280 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
281 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
283 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
284 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
286 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
289 bool "JFS Security Labels"
292 Security labels support alternative access control models
293 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
294 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
295 labels in the jfs filesystem.
297 If you are not using a security module that requires using
298 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
304 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
305 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
306 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
307 results in very little overhead.
309 config JFS_STATISTICS
310 bool "JFS statistics"
313 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
314 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
317 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
319 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
320 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
325 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
328 tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
329 depends on NET && SYSFS
335 OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
336 system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
337 numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
338 also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
340 You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
343 Project web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
344 Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
345 OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
347 Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
348 - extended attributes
349 - shared writeable mmap
350 - loopback is supported, but data written will not
353 - cluster aware flock
354 - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
355 - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
357 - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
359 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
360 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
364 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
365 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
366 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
367 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
370 tristate "Minix fs support"
372 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
373 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
374 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
375 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
376 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
377 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
378 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
379 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
381 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
382 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
383 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
387 tristate "ROM file system support"
389 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
390 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
391 other read-only media as well. Read
392 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
394 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
395 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
396 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
399 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
403 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
406 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
407 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
408 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
409 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
412 For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
417 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
421 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
422 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
423 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
424 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
426 For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
433 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
434 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
435 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
436 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
438 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
439 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
440 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
441 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
444 tristate "Old quota format support"
447 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
448 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
452 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
455 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
456 need this functionality say Y here.
460 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
464 bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
467 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
468 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
469 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
472 Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
475 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
477 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
478 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
479 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
480 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
482 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
483 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
484 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
486 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
487 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
490 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
493 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
494 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
497 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
499 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
500 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
501 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
502 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
504 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
505 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
506 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
508 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
509 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
510 modules configuration file.
512 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
513 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
514 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
518 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
520 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
521 in a userspace program.
523 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
524 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
525 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
527 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
528 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
530 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
531 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
533 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
536 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
538 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
539 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
540 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
541 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
542 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
543 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
544 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
545 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
546 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
548 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
549 module will be called isofs.
552 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
553 depends on ISO9660_FS
556 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
557 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
558 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
559 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
560 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
561 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
564 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
565 depends on ISO9660_FS
568 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
569 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
570 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
571 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
572 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
573 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
576 # for fs/nls/Config.in
582 tristate "UDF file system support"
584 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
585 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
586 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
587 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
589 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
590 module will be called udf.
597 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
601 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
607 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
608 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
609 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
610 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
611 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
614 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
615 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
616 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
617 order to make use of it.
619 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
620 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
621 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
624 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
625 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
626 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
627 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
629 It is now also becoming possible to read and write compressed FAT
630 file systems; read <file:Documentation/filesystems/fat_cvf.txt> for
633 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
636 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
637 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
638 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
639 -- they will have to be modules as well.
642 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
645 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
646 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
647 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
648 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
649 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
650 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
651 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
652 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
653 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
656 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
657 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
658 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
659 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
661 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
662 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
663 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
667 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
670 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
671 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
672 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
673 programs from the mtools package.
675 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
676 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
677 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
680 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
683 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
684 int "Default codepage for FAT"
685 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
688 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
689 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
690 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
692 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
693 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
697 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
698 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
699 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
700 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
701 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
702 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
703 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
706 tristate "NTFS file system support"
709 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
711 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
712 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
713 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
715 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
716 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
717 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
719 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
720 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
721 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
722 from the project web site.
724 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
725 and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
727 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
728 module will be called ntfs.
730 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
731 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
734 bool "NTFS debugging support"
737 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
738 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
739 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
740 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
741 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
742 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
743 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
744 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
745 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
746 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
748 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
749 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
750 slowdown of the system.
752 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
753 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
756 bool "NTFS write support"
759 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
761 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
762 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
763 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
764 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
767 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
768 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
769 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
771 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
772 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
773 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
776 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
777 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
778 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
779 need its own partition. For more information see
780 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
782 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
786 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
789 bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
792 This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
793 of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
794 your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
795 you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
796 version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
798 It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
799 information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
800 (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
801 that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
802 often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
803 to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
804 information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
806 Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
807 meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
808 That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
809 /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
811 The /proc file system is explained in the file
812 <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
815 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
816 programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
819 bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
820 depends on PROC_FS && MMU
823 bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
824 depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
827 Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
830 bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
835 The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
836 certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
837 a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
838 interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
839 modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
840 /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
841 in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
842 option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
844 As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
845 building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
849 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
852 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
853 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
854 relationships to one another.
856 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
857 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
858 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
859 and other kernel subsystems.
861 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
862 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
863 delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
865 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
866 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
867 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
868 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
870 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
873 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
875 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
877 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
878 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
879 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
882 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
884 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
885 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
889 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
890 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
892 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
893 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
895 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
898 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
899 depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || BROKEN
901 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
902 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
903 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
914 Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
915 read and write access.
917 It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If
918 you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
921 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
925 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
926 depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
928 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
929 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
930 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
931 of kernel objects, or config_items.
933 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
934 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
938 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
941 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
942 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
944 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
945 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
946 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
947 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
948 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
949 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
951 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
952 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
953 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
955 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
961 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
964 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
965 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
966 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
969 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
970 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
972 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
973 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
974 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
975 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
976 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
977 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
978 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
979 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
981 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
982 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
983 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
984 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
985 device support", above.
987 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
988 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
991 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
992 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
995 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
996 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
997 Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
1000 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1001 module will be called hfs.
1004 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1008 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1009 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1011 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1012 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1013 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1014 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1017 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1018 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1021 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1022 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1023 on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected
1024 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1025 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1026 extremly large volumes and files.
1028 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1029 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1031 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1033 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1040 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1041 debugging output from the driver.
1044 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1045 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1047 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1048 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1049 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1050 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1051 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1052 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1053 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1054 file system is contained in the file
1055 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1057 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1059 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1060 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1061 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1066 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1067 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1069 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1070 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1071 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1073 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1074 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1075 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1077 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1078 module will be called efs.
1081 tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support"
1084 JFFS is the Journaling Flash File System developed by Axis
1085 Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe
1086 file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is
1087 available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).
1089 config JFFS_FS_VERBOSE
1090 int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
1094 Determines the verbosity level of the JFFS debugging messages.
1097 bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem"
1098 depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS
1100 Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems
1101 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory.
1104 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1108 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1109 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1110 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1111 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1113 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1114 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1116 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1117 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1121 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1122 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1123 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1124 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1125 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1126 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1127 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1128 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1130 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1131 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1133 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1134 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1138 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1140 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1141 types of flash devices:
1143 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1146 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1147 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1148 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1151 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1152 for faster filesystem mount.
1154 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1155 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1159 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1160 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1161 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1164 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1165 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1166 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1170 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1171 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1172 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1176 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1177 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1179 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1180 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1182 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1184 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1185 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1186 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1189 Security labels support alternative access control models
1190 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1191 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1192 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1194 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1195 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1197 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1198 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1202 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1203 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1204 compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1205 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1206 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1208 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1211 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1217 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1218 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1219 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1220 further information.
1225 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1229 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1232 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1236 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1239 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1240 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1243 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1244 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1246 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1247 bool "no compression"
1249 Uses no compression.
1251 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1254 Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
1257 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1258 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1260 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1266 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1269 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1270 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1271 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1272 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1273 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1275 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1276 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1278 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1279 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1280 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1285 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1287 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1288 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1289 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1290 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1291 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1293 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1294 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1297 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1298 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1302 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1304 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1305 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1306 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1307 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1308 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1309 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1310 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1312 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1313 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1318 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1320 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1321 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1322 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1323 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1324 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1325 only be able to read these file systems.
1327 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1328 module will be called qnx4.
1330 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1334 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1335 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1337 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1339 It's currently broken, so for now:
1345 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1347 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1348 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1349 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1352 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1353 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1354 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a
1355 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1356 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1357 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1358 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1359 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1360 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1362 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1363 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1364 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1366 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1367 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1368 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1369 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1370 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1371 the System V file system in
1372 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1373 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1375 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1378 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1383 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1385 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1386 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1387 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1388 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1389 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1390 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1391 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1393 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1394 READ-ONLY supported.
1396 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1397 network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
1398 you need NFS file system support obviously).
1400 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1401 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1402 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1403 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1405 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1406 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1407 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1409 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1410 module will be called ufs.
1412 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1415 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1416 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1418 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1419 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1422 bool "UFS debugging"
1425 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1426 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1427 written to the system log.
1431 menu "Network File Systems"
1435 tristate "NFS file system support"
1439 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1441 If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
1442 (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
1443 on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
1444 protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
1445 the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
1446 client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
1447 programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
1448 support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
1449 Administrator's Guide, available from
1450 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
1451 nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
1453 A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
1454 the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
1456 If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
1457 This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1459 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1460 module will be called nfs.
1462 If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
1463 file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
1464 level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
1465 below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
1466 There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
1467 the net: netboot, available from
1468 <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
1469 available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
1471 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
1474 bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
1477 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
1478 3 of the NFS protocol.
1483 bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1486 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1487 Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
1488 the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1493 bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1494 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1495 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1497 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
1498 version 4 of the NFS protocol.
1500 Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
1501 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1506 bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files"
1509 This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
1510 in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
1511 is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
1512 cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
1513 directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
1514 no alignment restrictions.
1516 Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
1517 much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
1518 you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
1519 storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
1520 system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
1523 For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
1525 If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
1526 causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
1527 opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
1530 tristate "NFS server support"
1535 select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
1536 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1537 select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
1538 select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
1539 select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
1540 select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
1542 If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
1543 computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
1544 directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
1545 use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
1546 should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
1547 server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
1550 In either case, you will need support software; the respective
1551 locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
1554 If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
1555 protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
1558 Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
1559 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1561 To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
1562 module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
1569 bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
1572 If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
1573 server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
1576 bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1579 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1580 Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1581 be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1582 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
1585 bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1586 depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
1588 If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
1589 and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
1590 should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
1594 bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
1598 If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
1599 TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
1600 the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
1603 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1604 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1606 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
1607 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
1608 net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
1609 say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
1610 likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
1611 autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
1614 Most people say N here.
1621 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1627 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1633 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1642 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1643 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1644 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1650 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1651 mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
1654 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1655 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1659 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1660 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1661 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1668 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1669 mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
1671 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1672 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1677 tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
1681 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1682 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1683 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1684 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1685 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1686 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1687 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1688 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1689 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1691 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1692 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1693 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1694 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1697 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1698 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1700 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
1701 be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1703 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1704 bool "Use a default NLS"
1707 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1708 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1709 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1710 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1712 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1713 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1715 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1717 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1718 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1719 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1722 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1723 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1724 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1725 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1727 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1728 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1730 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1733 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
1737 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1738 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1739 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1740 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1741 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1742 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1743 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1744 support for Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
1745 You must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
1746 such as OS/2 and DOS.
1748 The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
1749 network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
1750 including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1751 session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
1752 packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements,
1753 and optional Winbind (nsswitch) integration. You do not need to enable
1754 cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both
1755 smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003
1756 and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need
1757 to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1760 bool "CIFS statistics"
1763 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1764 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1767 bool "Extended statistics"
1768 depends on CIFS_STATS
1770 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1771 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1772 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1773 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1774 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1775 and memory utilization.
1777 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1780 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1781 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1784 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1785 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1786 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1787 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1788 SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
1790 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1791 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1792 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1793 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1794 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1795 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1796 is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
1797 automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1798 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1799 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1800 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1801 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1807 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1810 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1811 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1812 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1813 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1814 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1815 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1816 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1817 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1823 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
1824 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1826 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1827 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1828 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1829 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1830 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1831 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1832 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1835 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
1838 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
1839 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
1840 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
1841 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
1842 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
1843 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
1845 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1846 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1847 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
1849 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
1850 experimental and currently include support for writepages
1851 (multipage writebehind performance improvements) and directory
1852 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY) as well as some security
1853 improvements. Some also depend on setting at runtime the
1854 pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental (which is disabled by
1855 default). See the file fs/cifs/README for more details.
1860 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1861 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1864 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
1865 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
1866 tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
1867 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
1871 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
1872 depends on IPX!=n || INET
1874 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
1875 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
1876 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
1877 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
1878 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
1879 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
1880 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1882 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
1883 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
1885 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1886 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1888 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1889 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
1891 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
1894 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
1897 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
1898 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
1899 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
1900 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
1901 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
1902 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
1903 persistent client caches and write back caching.
1905 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
1906 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
1907 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
1908 no kernel support. Please read
1909 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
1910 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
1912 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
1913 module will be called coda.
1915 config CODA_FS_OLD_API
1916 bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
1919 A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
1920 to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
1921 new realms implementation.
1923 However this new API is not backward compatible with older
1924 clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
1925 cache manager then say Y.
1927 For most cases you probably want to say N.
1930 # for fs/nls/Config.in
1931 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (Experimental)"
1932 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1935 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
1936 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
1938 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more intormation.
1946 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
1947 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1949 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
1950 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
1952 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
1962 menu "Partition Types"
1964 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
1968 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"