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 For more information on OCFS2, see the file
444 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
446 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
447 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
451 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
452 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
453 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
454 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
456 config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
457 bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
461 This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
462 this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
463 performance of the filesystem.
466 tristate "Minix fs support"
468 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
469 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
470 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
471 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
472 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
473 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
474 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
475 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
477 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
478 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
479 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
483 tristate "ROM file system support"
485 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
486 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
487 other read-only media as well. Read
488 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
490 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
491 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
492 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
495 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
501 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
504 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
505 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
506 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
507 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
510 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
515 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
519 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
520 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
521 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
522 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
524 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
531 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
532 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
533 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
534 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
536 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
537 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
538 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
539 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
541 config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
542 bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
543 depends on QUOTA && NET
545 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
546 hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
549 config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
550 bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
554 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
555 hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
556 Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
557 future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
560 tristate "Old quota format support"
563 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
564 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
568 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
571 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
572 need this functionality say Y here.
576 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
580 bool "Dnotify support"
583 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
584 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
585 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
591 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
593 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
594 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
595 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
596 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
598 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
599 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
600 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
602 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
603 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
606 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
609 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
610 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
613 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
615 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
616 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
617 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
618 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
620 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
621 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
622 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
624 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
625 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
626 modules configuration file.
628 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
629 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
630 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
634 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
636 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
637 in a userspace program.
639 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
640 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
641 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
643 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
644 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
646 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
647 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
654 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
657 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
659 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
660 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
661 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
662 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
663 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
664 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
665 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
666 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
667 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
669 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
670 module will be called isofs.
673 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
674 depends on ISO9660_FS
677 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
678 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
679 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
680 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
681 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
682 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
685 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
686 depends on ISO9660_FS
689 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
690 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
691 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
692 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
693 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
694 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
697 tristate "UDF file system support"
699 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
700 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
701 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
702 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
704 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
705 module will be called udf.
712 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
718 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
724 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
725 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
726 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
727 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
728 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
731 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
732 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
733 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
734 order to make use of it.
736 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
737 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
738 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
741 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
742 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
743 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
744 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
746 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
749 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
750 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
751 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
752 -- they will have to be modules as well.
755 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
758 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
759 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
760 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
761 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
762 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
763 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
764 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
765 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
766 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
769 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
770 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
771 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
772 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
774 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
775 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
776 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
780 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
783 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
784 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
785 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
786 programs from the mtools package.
788 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
789 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
790 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
793 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
796 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
797 int "Default codepage for FAT"
798 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
801 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
802 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
803 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
805 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
806 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
810 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
811 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
812 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
813 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
814 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
815 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
816 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
819 tristate "NTFS file system support"
822 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
824 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
825 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
826 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
828 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
829 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
830 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
832 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
833 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
834 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
835 from the project web site.
837 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
838 and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
840 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
841 module will be called ntfs.
843 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
844 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
847 bool "NTFS debugging support"
850 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
851 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
852 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
853 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
854 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
855 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
856 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
857 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
858 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
859 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
861 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
862 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
863 slowdown of the system.
865 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
866 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
869 bool "NTFS write support"
872 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
874 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
875 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
876 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
877 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
880 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
881 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
882 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
884 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
885 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
886 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
889 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
890 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
891 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
892 need its own partition. For more information see
893 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
895 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
900 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
903 bool "/proc file system support" if EMBEDDED
906 This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
907 of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
908 your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
909 you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
910 version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
912 It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
913 information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
914 (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
915 that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
916 often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
917 to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
918 information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
920 Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
921 meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
922 That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
923 /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
925 The /proc file system is explained in the file
926 <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
929 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
930 programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
933 bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
934 depends on PROC_FS && MMU
937 bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
938 depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
941 Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
944 bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EMBEDDED
949 The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
950 certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
951 a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
952 interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of
953 modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the
954 /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files
955 in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
956 option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
958 As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
959 building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
963 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
966 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
967 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
968 relationships to one another.
970 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
971 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
972 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
973 and other kernel subsystems.
975 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
976 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
977 delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
979 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
980 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
981 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
982 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
984 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
987 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
989 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
991 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
992 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
993 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
996 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
998 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
999 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
1003 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1004 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1006 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
1007 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1009 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
1012 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
1013 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || (SUPERH && MMU) || BROKEN
1015 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
1016 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
1017 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
1025 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
1028 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
1029 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
1030 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
1031 of kernel objects, or config_items.
1033 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
1034 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
1038 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
1041 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1042 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1044 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
1045 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
1046 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
1047 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
1048 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
1049 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
1051 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
1052 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
1053 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
1055 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1061 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1064 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
1065 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
1066 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
1069 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1070 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1072 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
1073 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
1074 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
1075 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
1076 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
1077 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
1078 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
1079 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
1081 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
1082 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
1083 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
1084 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
1085 device support", above.
1087 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1088 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
1091 tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1092 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
1094 Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
1095 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
1096 eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
1097 obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
1099 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1100 module will be called ecryptfs.
1103 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1104 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1107 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
1108 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1109 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
1110 the available mount options.
1112 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1113 module will be called hfs.
1116 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1121 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1122 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1124 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1125 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1126 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1127 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1130 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1131 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1134 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1135 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1136 on files and directories, and database-like indices on selected
1137 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1138 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1139 extremely large volumes and files.
1141 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1142 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1144 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1146 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1153 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1154 debugging output from the driver.
1157 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1158 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1160 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1161 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1162 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1163 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1164 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1165 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1166 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1167 file system is contained in the file
1168 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1170 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1172 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1173 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1174 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1179 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1180 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1182 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1183 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1184 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1186 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1187 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1188 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1190 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1191 module will be called efs.
1194 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1198 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1199 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1200 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1201 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1203 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1204 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1206 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1207 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1211 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1212 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1213 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1214 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1215 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1216 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1217 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1218 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1220 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1221 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1223 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1224 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1228 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1230 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1231 types of flash devices:
1233 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1236 config JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
1237 bool "Verify JFFS2 write-buffer reads"
1238 depends on JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1241 This causes JFFS2 to read back every page written through the
1242 write-buffer, and check for errors.
1244 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1245 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1246 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1249 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1250 for faster filesystem mount.
1252 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1253 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1257 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1258 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1259 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1262 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1263 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1264 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1268 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1269 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1270 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1274 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1275 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1277 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1278 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1280 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1282 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1283 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1284 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1287 Security labels support alternative access control models
1288 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1289 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1290 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1292 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1293 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1295 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1296 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1300 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1301 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1302 compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1303 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1304 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1306 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1309 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1315 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1316 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1317 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1318 further information.
1323 bool "JFFS2 LZO compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1325 select LZO_DECOMPRESS
1329 minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
1331 This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
1332 compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
1335 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1339 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1342 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1346 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1349 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1350 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1353 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1354 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1356 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1357 bool "no compression"
1359 Uses no compression.
1361 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1364 Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
1367 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1368 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1370 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1373 config JFFS2_CMODE_FAVOURLZO
1376 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1377 result but gives some preference to LZO (which has faster
1378 decompression) at the expense of size.
1383 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1387 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1388 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1389 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1390 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1391 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1393 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1394 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1396 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1397 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1398 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1403 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1406 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1407 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1408 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1409 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1410 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1412 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1413 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1416 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1417 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1421 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1424 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1425 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1426 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1427 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1428 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1429 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1430 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1432 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1433 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1438 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1441 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1442 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1443 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1444 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1445 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1446 only be able to read these file systems.
1448 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1449 module will be called qnx4.
1451 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1455 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1456 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1458 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1460 It's currently broken, so for now:
1466 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1469 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1470 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1471 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1474 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1475 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1476 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is
1477 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1478 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1479 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1480 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1481 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1482 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1484 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1485 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1486 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1488 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1489 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1490 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1491 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1492 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1493 the System V file system in
1494 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1495 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1497 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1500 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1505 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1508 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1509 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1510 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1511 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1512 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1513 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1514 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1516 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1517 READ-ONLY supported.
1519 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1520 network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
1521 you need NFS file system support obviously).
1523 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1524 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1525 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1526 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1528 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1529 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1530 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1532 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1533 module will be called ufs.
1535 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1538 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1539 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1541 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1542 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1545 bool "UFS debugging"
1548 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1549 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1550 written to the system log.
1554 menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1555 bool "Network File Systems"
1559 Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
1560 filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
1561 RPCSEC security modules.
1562 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1564 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
1565 disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
1567 if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1570 tristate "NFS file system support"
1574 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1576 If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
1577 (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
1578 on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
1579 protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
1580 the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
1581 client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
1582 programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
1583 support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
1584 Administrator's Guide, available from
1585 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
1586 nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
1588 A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
1589 the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
1591 If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
1592 This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1594 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1595 module will be called nfs.
1597 If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
1598 file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
1599 level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
1600 below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
1601 There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
1602 the net: netboot, available from
1603 <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
1604 available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
1606 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
1609 bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
1612 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
1613 3 of the NFS protocol.
1618 bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1621 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1622 Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
1623 the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1628 bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1629 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1630 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1632 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
1633 version 4 of the NFS protocol.
1635 Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
1636 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1641 bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files"
1644 This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
1645 in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
1646 is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
1647 cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
1648 directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
1649 no alignment restrictions.
1651 Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
1652 much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
1653 you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
1654 storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
1655 system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
1658 For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
1660 If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
1661 causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
1662 opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
1665 tristate "NFS server support"
1670 select NFSD_V2_ACL if NFSD_V3_ACL
1671 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1672 select NFSD_TCP if NFSD_V4
1673 select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
1674 select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
1675 select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
1677 If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
1678 computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
1679 directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
1680 use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
1681 should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
1682 server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
1685 In either case, you will need support software; the respective
1686 locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
1689 If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
1690 protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
1693 Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
1694 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1696 To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
1697 module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
1704 bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
1707 If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
1708 server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
1711 bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1714 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1715 Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1716 be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1717 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
1720 bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1721 depends on NFSD && NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
1722 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1724 If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
1725 and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
1726 should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
1730 bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
1734 If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
1735 TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
1736 the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
1739 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1740 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1742 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
1743 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
1744 net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
1745 say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
1746 likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
1747 autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
1750 Most people say N here.
1757 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1763 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1769 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1778 config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
1779 tristate "RDMA transport for sunrpc (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1780 depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
1783 Adds a client RPC transport for supporting kernel NFS over RDMA
1784 mounts, including Infiniband and iWARP. Experimental.
1786 config SUNRPC_BIND34
1787 bool "Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1788 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1790 Provides kernel support for querying rpcbind servers via versions 3
1791 and 4 of the rpcbind protocol. The kernel automatically falls back
1792 to version 2 if a remote rpcbind service does not support versions
1795 If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (version 2 rpcbind
1798 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1799 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1800 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1807 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1808 mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
1811 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1812 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1816 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1817 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1818 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1826 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1827 mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
1829 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1830 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1835 tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
1839 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1840 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1841 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1842 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1843 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1844 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1845 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1846 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1847 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1849 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1850 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1851 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1852 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1855 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1856 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1858 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
1859 be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1861 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1862 bool "Use a default NLS"
1865 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1866 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1867 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1868 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1870 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1871 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1873 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1875 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1876 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1877 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1880 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1881 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1882 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1883 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1885 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1886 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1888 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1891 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
1895 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1896 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1897 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1898 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1899 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1900 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1901 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1902 support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
1904 The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
1905 network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
1906 including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1907 session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
1908 packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
1909 If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1912 bool "CIFS statistics"
1915 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1916 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1919 bool "Extended statistics"
1920 depends on CIFS_STATS
1922 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1923 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1924 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1925 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1926 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1927 and memory utilization.
1929 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1932 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1933 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1936 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1937 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1938 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1939 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1940 SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
1942 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1943 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1944 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1945 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1946 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1947 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1948 is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
1949 automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1950 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1951 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1952 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1953 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1959 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1962 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1963 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1964 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1965 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1966 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1967 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1968 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1969 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1975 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
1976 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1978 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1979 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1980 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1981 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1982 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1983 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1984 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1987 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
1990 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
1991 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
1992 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
1993 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
1994 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
1995 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
1997 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1998 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1999 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
2001 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
2002 experimental and currently include DFS support and directory
2003 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY), as well as the upcall
2004 mechanism which will be used for Kerberos session negotiation
2005 and uid remapping. Some of these features also may depend on
2006 setting a value of 1 to the pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental
2007 (which is disabled by default). See the file fs/cifs/README
2008 for more details. If unsure, say N.
2011 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2012 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
2015 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
2016 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
2017 tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
2018 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
2022 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
2023 depends on IPX!=n || INET
2025 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
2026 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
2027 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
2028 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
2029 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
2030 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
2031 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2033 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
2034 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
2036 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
2037 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
2039 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
2040 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
2042 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
2045 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
2048 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
2049 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
2050 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
2051 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
2052 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
2053 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
2054 persistent client caches and write back caching.
2056 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
2057 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
2058 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
2059 no kernel support. Please read
2060 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
2061 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
2063 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
2064 module will be called coda.
2066 config CODA_FS_OLD_API
2067 bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
2070 A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
2071 to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
2072 new realms implementation.
2074 However this new API is not backward compatible with older
2075 clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
2076 cache manager then say Y.
2078 For most cases you probably want to say N.
2081 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2082 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
2085 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
2086 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
2088 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2093 bool "AFS dynamic debugging"
2096 Say Y here to make runtime controllable debugging messages appear.
2098 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2103 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
2104 depends on INET && NET_9P && EXPERIMENTAL
2106 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
2107 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
2109 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
2113 endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
2116 menu "Partition Types"
2118 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
2123 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
2124 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"