2 # File system configuration
10 tristate "Second extended fs support"
12 Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
14 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
15 module will be called ext2.
20 bool "Ext2 extended attributes"
23 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
24 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
25 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
29 config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
30 bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
31 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
34 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
35 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
37 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
38 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
40 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
42 config EXT2_FS_SECURITY
43 bool "Ext2 Security Labels"
44 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
46 Security labels support alternative access control models
47 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
48 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
49 labels in the ext2 filesystem.
51 If you are not using a security module that requires using
52 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
55 bool "Ext2 execute in place support"
56 depends on EXT2_FS && MMU
58 Execute in place can be used on memory-backed block devices. If you
59 enable this option, you can select to mount block devices which are
60 capable of this feature without using the page cache.
62 If you do not use a block device that is capable of using this,
68 depends on EXT2_FS_XIP
72 tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support"
75 This is the journalling version of the Second extended file system
76 (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
77 (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
79 The journalling code included in this driver means you do not have
80 to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
81 crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made
82 at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system
83 is consistent without the need for a lengthy check.
85 Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format
86 of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch
87 between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the
88 file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file
91 To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the
92 behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man
93 tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3
94 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using
95 e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals
96 (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>).
98 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
99 module will be called ext3.
102 bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
106 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
107 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
108 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
112 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
114 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
115 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
116 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
119 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
120 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
122 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
123 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
125 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
127 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
128 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
129 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
131 Security labels support alternative access control models
132 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
133 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
134 labels in the ext3 filesystem.
136 If you are not using a security module that requires using
137 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
140 tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
144 This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
146 Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
147 the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with
148 ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
149 physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
150 allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
151 and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
152 up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
153 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
155 The ext4 filesystem will support mounting an ext3
156 filesystem; while there will be some performance gains from
157 the delayed allocation and inode table readahead, the best
158 performance gains will require enabling ext4 features in the
159 filesystem, or formating a new filesystem as an ext4
160 filesystem initially.
162 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
163 module will be called ext4dev.
167 config EXT4DEV_COMPAT
168 bool "Enable ext4dev compatibility"
171 Starting with 2.6.28, the name of the ext4 filesystem was
172 renamed from ext4dev to ext4. Unfortunately there are some
173 legacy userspace programs (such as klibc's fstype) have
176 To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are
177 still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev,
178 chose Y here. This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so
179 please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed!
182 bool "Ext4 extended attributes"
186 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
187 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
188 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
192 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4.
194 config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
195 bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
196 depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
199 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
200 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
202 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
203 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
205 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
207 config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
208 bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
209 depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
211 Security labels support alternative access control models
212 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
213 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
214 labels in the ext4 filesystem.
216 If you are not using a security module that requires using
217 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
222 This is a generic journalling layer for block devices. It is
223 currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
224 also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
225 devices such as RAID or LVM.
227 If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
228 say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
231 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
232 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
233 you cannot compile this code as a module.
236 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
237 depends on JBD && DEBUG_FS
239 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
240 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
241 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
242 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
243 debugging output will be turned off.
245 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
246 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug", where N is a
247 number between 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging
248 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
249 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd/jbd-debug".
255 This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
256 both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
257 the ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
258 journal support to other file systems or block devices such
261 If you are using ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
262 using ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
264 To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be
265 called jbd2. If you are compiling ext4 into the kernel,
266 you cannot compile this code as a module.
269 bool "JBD2 (ext4) debugging support"
270 depends on JBD2 && DEBUG_FS
272 If you are using the ext4 journaled file system (or
273 potentially any other filesystem/device using JBD2), this option
274 allows you to enable debugging output while the system is running,
275 in order to help track down any problems you are having.
276 By default, the debugging output will be turned off.
278 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
279 with "echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug", where N is a
280 number between 1 and 5. The higher the number, the more debugging
281 output is generated. To turn debugging off again, do
282 "echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/jbd2/jbd2-debug".
285 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3/ext4)
287 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS_XATTR
288 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y || EXT4_FS=y
289 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m || EXT4_FS=m
292 tristate "Reiserfs support"
294 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
295 tree. Uses journalling.
297 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
298 architectural foundations.
300 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
301 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
302 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
304 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
305 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
306 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
307 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
308 make source code open.''
310 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
312 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
314 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
315 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
317 config REISERFS_CHECK
318 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
319 depends on REISERFS_FS
321 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
322 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
323 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
324 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
325 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
326 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
327 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
328 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
329 everyone should say N.
331 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
332 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
333 depends on REISERFS_FS && PROC_FS
335 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
336 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
337 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
338 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
339 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
340 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
342 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
343 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
344 depends on REISERFS_FS
346 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
347 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
348 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
352 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
353 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
354 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
357 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
358 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
360 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
361 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
363 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
365 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
366 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
367 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
369 Security labels support alternative access control models
370 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
371 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
372 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
374 If you are not using a security module that requires using
375 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
378 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
381 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
382 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
384 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
387 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
391 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
392 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
394 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
395 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
397 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
400 bool "JFS Security Labels"
403 Security labels support alternative access control models
404 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
405 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
406 labels in the jfs filesystem.
408 If you are not using a security module that requires using
409 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
415 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
416 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
417 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
418 results in very little overhead.
420 config JFS_STATISTICS
421 bool "JFS statistics"
424 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
425 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
428 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs/nfs4)
430 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
431 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
437 bool "Enable POSIX file locking API" if EMBEDDED
440 This option enables standard file locking support, required
441 for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
442 call. Disabling this option saves about 11k.
444 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
445 source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
448 tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
449 depends on NET && SYSFS
454 OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
455 system with many similarities to ext3. It supports 64 bit inode
456 numbers, and has automatically extending metadata groups which may
457 also make it attractive for non-clustered use.
459 You'll want to install the ocfs2-tools package in order to at least
462 Project web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2
463 Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
464 OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
466 For more information on OCFS2, see the file
467 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
470 tristate "O2CB Kernelspace Clustering"
474 OCFS2 includes a simple kernelspace clustering package, the OCFS2
475 Cluster Base. It only requires a very small userspace component
476 to configure it. This comes with the standard ocfs2-tools package.
477 O2CB is limited to maintaining a cluster for OCFS2 file systems.
478 It cannot manage any other cluster applications.
480 It is always safe to say Y here, as the clustering method is
483 config OCFS2_FS_USERSPACE_CLUSTER
484 tristate "OCFS2 Userspace Clustering"
485 depends on OCFS2_FS && DLM
488 This option will allow OCFS2 to use userspace clustering services
489 in conjunction with the DLM in fs/dlm. If you are using a
490 userspace cluster manager, say Y here.
492 It is safe to say Y, as the clustering method is run-time
495 config OCFS2_FS_STATS
496 bool "OCFS2 statistics"
500 This option allows some fs statistics to be captured. Enabling
501 this option may increase the memory consumption.
503 config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
504 bool "OCFS2 logging support"
508 The ocfs2 filesystem has an extensive logging system. The system
509 allows selection of events to log via files in /sys/o2cb/logmask/.
510 This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
511 ocfs2 filesystem issues.
513 config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
514 bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
518 This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
519 this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
520 performance of the filesystem.
525 bool "Dnotify support"
528 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
529 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
530 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
536 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
539 Say Y here to enable inotify support. Inotify is a file change
540 notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes
541 numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
542 including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
545 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
550 bool "Inotify support for userspace"
554 Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
555 associated system calls. Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
556 directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
557 descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
559 For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
566 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
567 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
568 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
569 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
571 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
572 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
573 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
574 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
576 config QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE
577 bool "Report quota messages through netlink interface"
578 depends on QUOTA && NET
580 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
581 hardlimit, etc.) will be reported through netlink interface. If unsure,
584 config PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
585 bool "Print quota warnings to console (OBSOLETE)"
589 If you say Y here, quota warnings (about exceeding softlimit, reaching
590 hardlimit, etc.) will be printed to the process' controlling terminal.
591 Note that this behavior is currently deprecated and may go away in
592 future. Please use notification via netlink socket instead.
595 tristate "Old quota format support"
598 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
599 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
603 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
606 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
607 need this functionality say Y here.
611 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
615 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
617 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
618 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
619 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
620 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
622 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
623 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
624 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
626 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
627 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
630 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
633 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
634 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
637 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
639 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
640 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
641 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
642 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
644 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
645 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
646 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
648 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
649 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
650 modules configuration file.
652 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
653 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
654 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
658 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
660 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
661 in a userspace program.
663 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
664 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
665 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
667 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt> for more information.
668 See <file:Documentation/Changes> for needed library/utility version.
670 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
671 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
678 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
681 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
683 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
684 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
685 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
686 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
687 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
688 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
689 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
690 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
691 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
693 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
694 module will be called isofs.
697 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
698 depends on ISO9660_FS
701 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
702 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
703 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
704 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
705 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
706 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
709 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
710 depends on ISO9660_FS
713 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
714 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
715 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
716 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
717 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
718 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
721 tristate "UDF file system support"
724 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
725 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
726 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
727 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
729 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
730 module will be called udf.
737 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
743 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
749 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
750 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
751 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
752 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
753 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
756 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
757 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
758 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
759 order to make use of it.
761 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
762 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
763 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
766 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
767 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
768 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
769 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
771 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
774 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
775 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
776 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
777 -- they will have to be modules as well.
780 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
783 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
784 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
785 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
786 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
787 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
788 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
789 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
790 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
791 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
794 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
795 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
796 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
797 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
799 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
800 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
801 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
805 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
808 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
809 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
810 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
811 programs from the mtools package.
813 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
814 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
815 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
818 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
821 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
822 int "Default codepage for FAT"
823 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
826 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
827 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
828 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
830 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
831 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
835 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
836 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
837 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
838 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
839 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
840 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
841 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
844 tristate "NTFS file system support"
847 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
849 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
850 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
851 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
853 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
854 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
855 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
857 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
858 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
859 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
860 from the project web site.
862 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
863 and <http://www.linux-ntfs.org/>.
865 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
866 module will be called ntfs.
868 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
869 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
872 bool "NTFS debugging support"
875 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
876 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
877 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
878 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
879 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
880 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
881 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
882 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
883 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
884 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
886 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
887 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
888 slowdown of the system.
890 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
891 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
894 bool "NTFS write support"
897 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
899 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
900 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
901 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
902 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
905 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
906 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
907 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
909 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
910 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
911 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
914 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
915 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
916 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
917 need its own partition. For more information see
918 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
920 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
925 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
927 source "fs/proc/Kconfig"
930 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
933 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
934 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
935 relationships to one another.
937 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
938 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
939 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
940 and other kernel subsystems.
942 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
943 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
944 delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
946 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
947 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
948 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
949 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
951 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
954 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
956 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
958 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
959 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
960 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
963 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
965 config TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
966 bool "Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists"
970 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
971 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
973 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
974 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
976 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
979 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
980 depends on X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || (SUPERH && MMU) || \
981 (S390 && 64BIT) || BROKEN
983 hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
984 ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
985 <file:Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt> for details.
993 tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
996 configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
997 of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
998 view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
999 of kernel objects, or config_items.
1001 Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
1002 same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
1006 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
1009 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1010 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1012 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
1013 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
1014 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
1015 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
1016 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
1017 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
1019 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
1020 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
1021 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
1023 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1029 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1032 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
1033 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
1034 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
1037 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1038 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1040 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
1041 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
1042 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
1043 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
1044 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
1045 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
1046 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
1047 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
1049 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
1050 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
1051 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
1052 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
1053 device support", above.
1055 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1056 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
1059 tristate "eCrypt filesystem layer support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1060 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
1062 Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
1063 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
1064 eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
1065 obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
1067 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1068 module will be called ecryptfs.
1071 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1072 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1075 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
1076 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1077 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
1078 the available mount options.
1080 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1081 module will be called hfs.
1084 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
1089 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
1090 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
1092 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
1093 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
1094 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
1095 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
1098 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1099 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1102 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
1103 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
1104 on files and directories, and database-like indices on selected
1105 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
1106 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
1107 extremely large volumes and files.
1109 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
1110 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
1112 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1114 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1121 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
1122 debugging output from the driver.
1125 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1126 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1128 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
1129 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
1130 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
1131 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
1132 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
1133 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
1134 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
1135 file system is contained in the file
1136 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
1138 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
1140 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1141 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
1142 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1147 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1148 depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
1150 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
1151 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
1152 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
1154 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
1155 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
1156 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
1158 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1159 module will be called efs.
1162 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1166 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1167 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1168 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1169 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1171 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1172 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1174 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1175 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1179 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1180 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1181 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1182 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1183 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1184 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1185 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1186 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1188 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1189 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1191 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1192 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1196 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1198 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1199 types of flash devices:
1201 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1204 config JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
1205 bool "Verify JFFS2 write-buffer reads"
1206 depends on JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1209 This causes JFFS2 to read back every page written through the
1210 write-buffer, and check for errors.
1212 config JFFS2_SUMMARY
1213 bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1214 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1217 This feature makes it possible to use summary information
1218 for faster filesystem mount.
1220 The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
1221 by the utility 'sumtool'.
1225 config JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1226 bool "JFFS2 XATTR support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1227 depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1230 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1231 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1232 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
1236 config JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
1237 bool "JFFS2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
1238 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1242 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
1243 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
1245 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
1246 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
1248 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
1250 config JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
1251 bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
1252 depends on JFFS2_FS_XATTR
1255 Security labels support alternative access control models
1256 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
1257 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
1258 labels in the jffs2 filesystem.
1260 If you are not using a security module that requires using
1261 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
1263 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1264 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1268 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1269 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1270 compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1271 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1272 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1274 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1277 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1283 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1284 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1285 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1286 further information.
1291 bool "JFFS2 LZO compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1293 select LZO_DECOMPRESS
1297 minilzo-based compression. Generally works better than Zlib.
1299 This feature was added in July, 2007. Say 'N' if you need
1300 compatibility with older bootloaders or kernels.
1303 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1307 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1310 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1314 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1317 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1318 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1321 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1322 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1324 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1325 bool "no compression"
1327 Uses no compression.
1329 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1332 Tries the compressors in a predefined order and chooses the first
1335 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1336 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1338 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1341 config JFFS2_CMODE_FAVOURLZO
1344 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1345 result but gives some preference to LZO (which has faster
1346 decompression) at the expense of size.
1350 # UBIFS File system configuration
1351 source "fs/ubifs/Kconfig"
1354 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1358 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1359 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1360 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1361 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1362 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1364 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1365 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1367 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1368 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1369 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1374 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1377 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1378 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1379 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1380 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1381 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1383 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1384 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1387 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1388 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1391 tristate "Minix file system support"
1394 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
1395 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
1396 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
1397 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
1398 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
1399 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
1400 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
1401 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
1403 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1404 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
1405 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
1409 tristate "SonicBlue Optimized MPEG File System support"
1413 This is the proprietary file system used by the Rio Karma music
1414 player and ReplayTV DVR. Despite the name, this filesystem is not
1415 more efficient than a standard FS for MPEG files, in fact likely
1416 the opposite is true. Say Y if you have either of these devices
1417 and wish to mount its disk.
1419 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1420 module will be called omfs. If unsure, say N.
1423 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1426 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1427 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1428 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1429 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1430 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1431 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1432 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1434 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1435 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1439 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1442 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1443 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1444 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1445 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1446 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1447 only be able to read these file systems.
1449 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1450 module will be called qnx4.
1452 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1456 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1457 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1459 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1461 It's currently broken, so for now:
1465 tristate "ROM file system support"
1468 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
1469 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
1470 other read-only media as well. Read
1471 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
1473 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1474 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
1475 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
1478 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1483 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1486 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1487 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1488 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1491 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1492 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1493 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is
1494 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1495 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1496 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1497 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1498 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1499 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1501 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1502 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1503 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1505 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1506 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1507 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1508 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1509 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1510 the System V file system in
1511 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1512 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1514 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1517 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1521 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1524 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1525 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1526 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1527 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1528 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1529 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1530 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1532 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1533 READ-ONLY supported.
1535 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1536 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1537 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1538 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1540 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1541 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1542 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1544 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1545 module will be called ufs.
1547 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1550 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1551 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1553 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1554 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1557 bool "UFS debugging"
1560 If you are experiencing any problems with the UFS filesystem, say
1561 Y here. This will result in _many_ additional debugging messages to be
1562 written to the system log.
1566 menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1567 bool "Network File Systems"
1571 Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and
1572 filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and
1573 RPCSEC security modules.
1575 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1577 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
1578 disabled; if unsure, say Y here.
1580 if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
1583 tristate "NFS client support"
1587 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1589 Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other
1590 computers using Sun's Network File System protocol. To compile
1591 this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module
1594 To mount file systems exported by NFS servers, you also need to
1595 install the user space mount.nfs command which can be found in
1596 the Linux nfs-utils package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1597 Information about using the mount command is available in the
1598 mount(8) man page. More detail about the Linux NFS client
1599 implementation is available via the nfs(5) man page.
1601 Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
1602 available in the kernel to mount NFS servers. Support for NFS
1603 version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when NFS_FS is selected.
1605 To configure a system which mounts its root file system via NFS
1606 at boot time, say Y here, select "Kernel level IP
1607 autoconfiguration" in the NETWORK menu, and select "Root file
1608 system on NFS" below. You cannot compile this file system as a
1609 module in this case.
1614 bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
1617 This option enables support for version 3 of the NFS protocol
1618 (RFC 1813) in the kernel's NFS client.
1623 bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1626 Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
1627 Sun added to Solaris but never became an official part of the
1628 NFS version 3 protocol. This protocol extension allows
1629 applications on NFS clients to manipulate POSIX Access Control
1630 Lists on files residing on NFS servers. NFS servers enforce
1631 ACLs on local files whether this protocol is available or not.
1633 Choose Y here if your NFS server supports the Solaris NFSv3 ACL
1634 protocol extension and you want your NFS client to allow
1635 applications to access and modify ACLs on files on the server.
1637 Most NFS servers don't support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol
1638 extension. You can choose N here or specify the "noacl" mount
1639 option to prevent your NFS client from trying to use the NFSv3
1645 bool "NFS client support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1646 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1647 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1649 This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol
1650 (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client.
1652 To mount NFS servers using NFSv4, you also need to install user
1653 space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
1654 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1659 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1660 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1662 If you want your system to mount its root file system via NFS,
1663 choose Y here. This is common practice for managing systems
1664 without local permanent storage. For details, read
1665 <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt>.
1667 Most people say N here.
1670 tristate "NFS server support"
1675 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V2_ACL
1677 Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
1678 files residing on this system using Sun's Network File System
1679 protocol. To compile the NFS server support as a module,
1680 choose M here: the module will be called nfsd.
1682 You may choose to use a user-space NFS server instead, in which
1683 case you can choose N here.
1685 To export local file systems using NFS, you also need to install
1686 user space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils
1687 package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/. More detail about
1688 the Linux NFS server implementation is available via the
1689 exports(5) man page.
1691 Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are
1692 available to clients mounting the NFS server on this system.
1693 Support for NFS version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when
1694 CONFIG_NFSD is selected.
1703 bool "NFS server support for NFS version 3"
1706 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
1707 version 3 of the NFS protocol (RFC 1813).
1712 bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1716 Solaris NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that
1717 never became an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.
1718 This protocol extension allows applications on NFS clients to
1719 manipulate POSIX Access Control Lists on files residing on NFS
1720 servers. NFS servers enforce POSIX ACLs on local files whether
1721 this protocol is available or not.
1723 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for the
1724 NFSv3 ACL protocol extension allowing NFS clients to manipulate
1725 POSIX ACLs on files exported by your system's NFS server. NFS
1726 clients which support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol can then
1727 access and modify ACLs on your NFS server.
1729 To store ACLs on your NFS server, you also need to enable ACL-
1730 related CONFIG options for your local file systems of choice.
1735 bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1736 depends on NFSD && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1739 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1741 This option enables support in your system's NFS server for
1742 version 4 of the NFS protocol (RFC 3530).
1744 To export files using NFSv4, you need to install additional user
1745 space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,
1746 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1755 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1761 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1767 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1776 config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
1778 depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL
1779 default SUNRPC && INFINIBAND
1781 This option enables an RPC client transport capability that
1782 allows the NFS client to mount servers via an RDMA-enabled
1785 To compile RPC client RDMA transport support as a module,
1786 choose M here: the module will be called xprtrdma.
1790 config SUNRPC_REGISTER_V4
1791 bool "Register local RPC services via rpcbind v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1792 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1795 Sun added support for registering RPC services at an IPv6
1796 address by creating two new versions of the rpcbind protocol
1799 This option enables support in the kernel RPC server for
1800 registering kernel RPC services via version 4 of the rpcbind
1801 protocol. If you enable this option, you must run a portmapper
1802 daemon that supports rpcbind protocol version 4.
1804 Serving NFS over IPv6 from knfsd (the kernel's NFS server)
1805 requires that you enable this option and use a portmapper that
1806 supports rpcbind version 4.
1808 If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (register kernel
1809 RPC services using only rpcbind version 2). Distributions
1810 using the legacy Linux portmapper daemon must say N here.
1812 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1813 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1814 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1821 Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the Kerberos version 5
1822 GSS-API mechanism (RFC 1964).
1824 Secure RPC calls with Kerberos require an auxiliary user-space
1825 daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
1826 available from http://linux-nfs.org/. In addition, user-space
1827 Kerberos support should be installed.
1831 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1832 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1833 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1841 Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the SPKM3 public key
1842 GSS-API mechansim (RFC 2025).
1844 Secure RPC calls with SPKM3 require an auxiliary userspace
1845 daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package
1846 available from http://linux-nfs.org/.
1851 tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)"
1855 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1856 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1857 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1858 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1859 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1860 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1861 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1862 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1863 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1865 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1866 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1867 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1868 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1871 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1872 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1874 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here:
1875 the module will be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1877 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1878 bool "Use a default NLS"
1881 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1882 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1883 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1884 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1886 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1887 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1889 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1891 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1892 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1893 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1896 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1897 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1898 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1899 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1901 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1902 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1904 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1907 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
1911 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1912 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1913 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1914 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1915 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1916 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1917 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
1918 support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
1921 The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
1922 client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
1923 support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1924 session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
1925 safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
1926 signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
1927 If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
1930 bool "CIFS statistics"
1933 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1934 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1937 bool "Extended statistics"
1938 depends on CIFS_STATS
1940 Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
1941 request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
1942 allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
1943 value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
1944 These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
1945 and memory utilization.
1947 Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
1950 config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
1951 bool "Support legacy servers which use weaker LANMAN security"
1954 Modern CIFS servers including Samba and most Windows versions
1955 (since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
1956 security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
1957 than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
1958 SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
1959 establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
1961 Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
1962 LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
1963 mounts may be less secure than mounts using NTLM or more recent
1964 security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
1965 have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
1966 network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
1967 is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
1968 used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
1969 can be set to required (or optional) either in
1970 /proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
1971 option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
1972 default in order to reduce the possibility of a downgrade
1978 bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup"
1979 depends on CIFS && KEYS
1981 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
1982 userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
1983 Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
1984 (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
1988 bool "CIFS extended attributes"
1991 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1992 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1993 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1994 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1995 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1996 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1997 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1998 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
2004 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
2005 depends on CIFS_XATTR
2007 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
2008 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
2009 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
2010 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
2011 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
2012 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
2013 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
2016 bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
2019 Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
2020 to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of
2021 the cifs module and can cause additional logging of debug
2022 messages in some error paths, slowing performance. This
2023 option can be turned off unless you are debugging
2024 cifs problems. If unsure, say N.
2026 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
2027 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2028 depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
2030 Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
2031 experimental and currently include DFS support and directory
2032 change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY), as well as the upcall
2033 mechanism which will be used for Kerberos session negotiation
2034 and uid remapping. Some of these features also may depend on
2035 setting a value of 1 to the pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental
2036 (which is disabled by default). See the file fs/cifs/README
2037 for more details. If unsure, say N.
2039 config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
2040 bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2041 depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
2044 Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
2045 helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
2046 IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
2047 points. If unsure, say N.
2050 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
2051 depends on IPX!=n || INET
2053 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
2054 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
2055 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
2056 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
2057 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
2058 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
2059 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2061 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
2062 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
2064 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
2065 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
2067 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
2068 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
2070 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
2073 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
2076 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
2077 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
2078 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
2079 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
2080 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
2081 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
2082 persistent client caches and write back caching.
2084 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
2085 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
2086 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
2087 no kernel support. Please read
2088 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
2089 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
2091 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
2092 module will be called coda.
2095 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2096 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
2099 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
2100 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
2102 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2107 bool "AFS dynamic debugging"
2110 Say Y here to make runtime controllable debugging messages appear.
2112 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more information.
2117 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
2118 depends on INET && NET_9P && EXPERIMENTAL
2120 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
2121 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
2123 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
2127 endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
2130 menu "Partition Types"
2132 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
2137 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
2138 source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"