2 # File system configuration
8 tristate "Second extended fs support"
10 Ext2 is a standard Linux file system for hard disks.
12 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
13 module will be called ext2. Be aware however that the file system
14 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
15 be compiled as a module, and so this could be dangerous.
20 bool "Ext2 extended attributes"
23 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
24 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
25 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
29 config EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
30 bool "Ext2 POSIX Access Control Lists"
31 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
34 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
35 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
37 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
38 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
40 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
42 config EXT2_FS_SECURITY
43 bool "Ext2 Security Labels"
44 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR
46 Security labels support alternative access control models
47 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
48 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
49 labels in the ext2 filesystem.
51 If you are not using a security module that requires using
52 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
55 bool "Ext2 execute in place support"
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"
74 This is the journaling version of the Second extended file system
75 (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system
76 (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks.
78 The journaling code included in this driver means you do not have
79 to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a
80 crash. The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made
81 at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system
82 is consistent without the need for a lengthy check.
84 Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format
85 of ext3 is identical to ext2. It is possible to freely switch
86 between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the
87 file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file
90 To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the
91 behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man
92 tune2fs"). To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3
93 file systems, use chattr ("man chattr"). You need to be using
94 e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals
95 (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>).
97 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
98 module will be called ext3. Be aware however that the file system
99 of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot
100 be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous.
103 bool "Ext3 extended attributes"
107 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
108 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
109 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
113 You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3.
115 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
116 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
117 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
120 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
121 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
123 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
124 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
126 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
128 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
129 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
130 depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR
132 Security labels support alternative access control models
133 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
134 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
135 labels in the ext3 filesystem.
137 If you are not using a security module that requires using
138 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
141 # CONFIG_JBD could be its own option (even modular), but until there are
142 # other users than ext3, we will simply make it be the same as CONFIG_EXT3_FS
143 # dep_tristate ' Journal Block Device support (JBD for ext3)' CONFIG_JBD $CONFIG_EXT3_FS
147 This is a generic journaling layer for block devices. It is
148 currently used by the ext3 file system, but it could also be used to
149 add journal support to other file systems or block devices such as
152 If you are using the ext3 file system, you need to say Y here. If
153 you are not using ext3 then you will probably want to say N.
155 To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
156 called jbd. If you are compiling ext3 into the kernel, you cannot
157 compile this code as a module.
160 bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
163 If you are using the ext3 journaled file system (or potentially any
164 other file system/device using JBD), this option allows you to
165 enable debugging output while the system is running, in order to
166 help track down any problems you are having. By default the
167 debugging output will be turned off.
169 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
170 with "echo N > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug", where N is a number between
171 1 and 5, the higher the number, the more debugging output is
172 generated. To turn debugging off again, do
173 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/jbd-debug".
176 # Meta block cache for Extended Attributes (ext2/ext3)
178 depends on EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR
179 default y if EXT2_FS=y || EXT3_FS=y
180 default m if EXT2_FS=m || EXT3_FS=m
183 tristate "Reiserfs support"
185 Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a balanced
186 tree. Uses journaling.
188 Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file system
189 architectural foundations.
191 In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very efficient with
192 large directories and small files. Additional patches are needed
193 for NFS and quotas, please see <http://www.namesys.com/> for links.
195 It is more easily extended to have features currently found in
196 database and keyword search systems than block allocation based file
197 systems are. The next version will be so extended, and will support
198 plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes more than a license to
199 make source code open.''
201 Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs.
203 Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com.
205 If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that you
206 need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS.
208 config REISERFS_CHECK
209 bool "Enable reiserfs debug mode"
210 depends on REISERFS_FS
212 If you set this to Y, then ReiserFS will perform every check it can
213 possibly imagine of its internal consistency throughout its
214 operation. It will also go substantially slower. More than once we
215 have forgotten that this was on, and then gone despondent over the
216 latest benchmarks.:-) Use of this option allows our team to go all
217 out in checking for consistency when debugging without fear of its
218 effect on end users. If you are on the verge of sending in a bug
219 report, say Y and you might get a useful error message. Almost
220 everyone should say N.
222 config REISERFS_PROC_INFO
223 bool "Stats in /proc/fs/reiserfs"
224 depends on REISERFS_FS
226 Create under /proc/fs/reiserfs a hierarchy of files, displaying
227 various ReiserFS statistics and internal data at the expense of
228 making your kernel or module slightly larger (+8 KB). This also
229 increases the amount of kernel memory required for each mount.
230 Almost everyone but ReiserFS developers and people fine-tuning
231 reiserfs or tracing problems should say N.
233 config REISERFS_FS_XATTR
234 bool "ReiserFS extended attributes"
235 depends on REISERFS_FS
237 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
238 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
239 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
243 config REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
244 bool "ReiserFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
245 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
248 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
249 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
251 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
252 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
254 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
256 config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
257 bool "ReiserFS Security Labels"
258 depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
260 Security labels support alternative access control models
261 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
262 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
263 labels in the ReiserFS filesystem.
265 If you are not using a security module that requires using
266 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
269 tristate "JFS filesystem support"
272 This is a port of IBM's Journaled Filesystem . More information is
273 available in the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt>.
275 If you do not intend to use the JFS filesystem, say N.
278 bool "JFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
282 Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
283 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
285 To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for
286 Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
288 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
291 bool "JFS Security Labels"
294 Security labels support alternative access control models
295 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
296 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
297 labels in the jfs filesystem.
299 If you are not using a security module that requires using
300 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
306 If you are experiencing any problems with the JFS filesystem, say
307 Y here. This will result in additional debugging messages to be
308 written to the system log. Under normal circumstances, this
309 results in very little overhead.
311 config JFS_STATISTICS
312 bool "JFS statistics"
315 Enabling this option will cause statistics from the JFS file system
316 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jfs/ directory.
319 # Posix ACL utility routines (for now, only ext2/ext3/jfs/reiserfs)
321 # NOTE: you can implement Posix ACLs without these helpers (XFS does).
322 # Never use this symbol for ifdefs.
327 source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
330 tristate "Minix fs support"
332 Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
333 The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
334 partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
335 but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
336 You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
337 because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
338 on older Linux floppy disks. This option will enlarge your kernel
339 by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
341 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
342 module will be called minix. Note that the file system of your root
343 partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
347 tristate "ROM file system support"
349 This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
350 initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
351 other read-only media as well. Read
352 <file:Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt> for details.
354 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
355 module will be called romfs. Note that the file system of your
356 root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be a
359 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
363 bool "Inotify file change notification support"
366 Say Y here to enable inotify support and the associated system
367 calls. Inotify is a file change notification system and a
368 replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in
369 dnotify and introduces several new features. It allows monitoring
370 of both files and directories via a single open fd. Other features
371 include multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
374 For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
381 If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
382 usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
383 ext2, ext3, and reiserfs file system. ext3 also supports journalled
384 quotas for which you don't need to run quotacheck(8) after an unclean
386 For further details, read the Quota mini-HOWTO, available from
387 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or the documentation provided
388 with the quota tools. Probably the quota support is only useful for
389 multi user systems. If unsure, say N.
392 tristate "Old quota format support"
395 This quota format was (is) used by kernels earlier than 2.4.22. If
396 you have quota working and you don't want to convert to new quota
400 tristate "Quota format v2 support"
403 This quota format allows using quotas with 32-bit UIDs/GIDs. If you
404 need this functionality say Y here.
408 depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
412 bool "Dnotify support" if EMBEDDED
415 Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
416 that uses signals to communicate events to user-space. There exist
417 superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
420 Because of this, if unsure, say Y.
423 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
425 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
426 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
427 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
428 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
430 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
431 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
432 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
434 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
435 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
438 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
441 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
442 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
445 tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)"
447 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
448 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
449 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
450 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
452 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
453 <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4/>; you also
454 want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
456 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
457 called autofs4. You will need to add "alias autofs autofs4" to your
458 modules configuration file.
460 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
461 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
462 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
466 tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
468 With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
469 in a userspace program.
471 There's also companion library: libfuse. This library along with
472 utilities is available from the FUSE homepage:
473 <http://fuse.sourceforge.net/>
475 If you want to develop a userspace FS, or if you want to use
476 a filesystem based on FUSE, answer Y or M.
478 menu "CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems"
481 tristate "ISO 9660 CDROM file system support"
483 This is the standard file system used on CD-ROMs. It was previously
484 known as "High Sierra File System" and is called "hsfs" on other
485 Unix systems. The so-called Rock-Ridge extensions which allow for
486 long Unix filenames and symbolic links are also supported by this
487 driver. If you have a CD-ROM drive and want to do more with it than
488 just listen to audio CDs and watch its LEDs, say Y (and read
489 <file:Documentation/filesystems/isofs.txt> and the CD-ROM-HOWTO,
490 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>), thereby
491 enlarging your kernel by about 27 KB; otherwise say N.
493 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
494 module will be called isofs.
497 bool "Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions"
498 depends on ISO9660_FS
501 Joliet is a Microsoft extension for the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system
502 which allows for long filenames in unicode format (unicode is the
503 new 16 bit character code, successor to ASCII, which encodes the
504 characters of almost all languages of the world; see
505 <http://www.unicode.org/> for more information). Say Y here if you
506 want to be able to read Joliet CD-ROMs under Linux.
509 bool "Transparent decompression extension"
510 depends on ISO9660_FS
513 This is a Linux-specific extension to RockRidge which lets you store
514 data in compressed form on a CD-ROM and have it transparently
515 decompressed when the CD-ROM is accessed. See
516 <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/zisofs/> for the tools
517 necessary to create such a filesystem. Say Y here if you want to be
518 able to read such compressed CD-ROMs.
521 # for fs/nls/Config.in
527 tristate "UDF file system support"
529 This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
530 you intend to mount DVD discs or CDRW's written in packet mode, or
531 if written to by other UDF utilities, such as DirectCD.
532 Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt>.
534 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
535 module will be called udf.
542 depends on (UDF_FS=m && NLS) || (UDF_FS=y && NLS=y)
546 menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems"
552 If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
553 VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
554 to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
555 diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
556 files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
559 This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
560 the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
561 M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
562 order to make use of it.
564 Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
565 partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
566 mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
569 If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
570 Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
571 file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
572 available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
574 It is now also becoming possible to read and write compressed FAT
575 file systems; read <file:Documentation/filesystems/fat_cvf.txt> for
578 The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
581 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
582 fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
583 cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
584 -- they will have to be modules as well.
587 tristate "MSDOS fs support"
590 This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
591 they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
592 Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
593 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
594 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
595 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
596 intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
597 here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
598 transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
601 If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
602 partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
603 support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
604 generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
606 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
607 answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
608 as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
612 tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
615 This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
616 long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
617 used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
618 programs from the mtools package.
620 The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
621 works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
622 the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
625 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
628 config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
629 int "Default codepage for FAT"
630 depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
633 This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
634 It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
635 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
637 config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
638 string "Default iocharset for FAT"
642 Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
643 like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
644 that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
645 with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
646 Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
647 If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
648 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
651 tristate "NTFS file system support"
654 NTFS is the file system of Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.
656 Saying Y or M here enables read support. There is partial, but
657 safe, write support available. For write support you must also
658 say Y to "NTFS write support" below.
660 There are also a number of user-space tools available, called
661 ntfsprogs. These include ntfsundelete and ntfsresize, that work
662 without NTFS support enabled in the kernel.
664 This is a rewrite from scratch of Linux NTFS support and replaced
665 the old NTFS code starting with Linux 2.5.11. A backport to
666 the Linux 2.4 kernel series is separately available as a patch
667 from the project web site.
669 For more information see <file:Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt>
670 and <http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/>.
672 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
673 module will be called ntfs.
675 If you are not using Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003 in addition to
676 Linux on your computer it is safe to say N.
679 bool "NTFS debugging support"
682 If you are experiencing any problems with the NTFS file system, say
683 Y here. This will result in additional consistency checks to be
684 performed by the driver as well as additional debugging messages to
685 be written to the system log. Note that debugging messages are
686 disabled by default. To enable them, supply the option debug_msgs=1
687 at the kernel command line when booting the kernel or as an option
688 to insmod when loading the ntfs module. Once the driver is active,
689 you can enable debugging messages by doing (as root):
690 echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/ntfs-debug
691 Replacing the "1" with "0" would disable debug messages.
693 If you leave debugging messages disabled, this results in little
694 overhead, but enabling debug messages results in very significant
695 slowdown of the system.
697 When reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of
698 debugging messages while the misbehaviour was occurring.
701 bool "NTFS write support"
704 This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.
706 The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
707 changing the file length. No file or directory creation, deletion or
708 renaming is possible. Note only non-resident files can be written to
709 so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
712 While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
713 so far not received a single report where the driver would have
714 damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.
716 Note: While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
717 scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
718 write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
721 This is currently useful with TopologiLinux. TopologiLinux is run
722 on top of any DOS/Microsoft Windows system without partitioning your
723 hard disk. Unlike other Linux distributions TopologiLinux does not
724 need its own partition. For more information see
725 <http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/>
727 It is perfectly safe to say N here.
731 menu "Pseudo filesystems"
734 bool "/proc file system support"
736 This is a virtual file system providing information about the status
737 of the system. "Virtual" means that it doesn't take up any space on
738 your hard disk: the files are created on the fly by the kernel when
739 you try to access them. Also, you cannot read the files with older
740 version of the program less: you need to use more or cat.
742 It's totally cool; for example, "cat /proc/interrupts" gives
743 information about what the different IRQs are used for at the moment
744 (there is a small number of Interrupt ReQuest lines in your computer
745 that are used by the attached devices to gain the CPU's attention --
746 often a source of trouble if two devices are mistakenly configured
747 to use the same IRQ). The program procinfo to display some
748 information about your system gathered from the /proc file system.
750 Before you can use the /proc file system, it has to be mounted,
751 meaning it has to be given a location in the directory hierarchy.
752 That location should be /proc. A command such as "mount -t proc proc
753 /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job.
755 The /proc file system is explained in the file
756 <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage
759 This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several
760 programs depend on this, so everyone should say Y here.
763 bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
764 depends on PROC_FS && MMU
767 bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
768 depends on PROC_FS && EMBEDDED && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
770 Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
773 bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
776 The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to
777 export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their
778 relationships to one another.
780 Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running
781 kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and
782 which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices
783 and other kernel subsystems.
785 Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
786 /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
787 delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
789 sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
790 partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
791 the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For
792 example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1.
794 Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space.
797 bool "Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)"
799 Tmpfs is a file system which keeps all files in virtual memory.
801 Everything in tmpfs is temporary in the sense that no files will be
802 created on your hard drive. The files live in memory and swap
803 space. If you unmount a tmpfs instance, everything stored therein is
806 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for details.
809 bool "HugeTLB file system support"
810 depends X86 || IA64 || PPC64 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || X86_64 || BROKEN
819 Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
820 read and write access.
822 It is more of an programming example than a useable file system. If
823 you need a file system which lives in RAM with limit checking use
826 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
830 tristate "Relayfs file system support"
832 Relayfs is a high-speed data relay filesystem designed to provide
833 an efficient mechanism for tools and facilities to relay large
834 amounts of data from kernel space to user space.
836 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
843 menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
846 tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
847 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
849 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
850 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
851 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say Y
852 here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
853 and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs. If you also want to be able to
854 write to those devices, say Y to "ADFS write support" below.
856 The ADFS partition should be the first partition (i.e.,
857 /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. Please read the file
858 <file:Documentation/filesystems/adfs.txt> for further details.
860 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be
866 bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)"
869 If you say Y here, you will be able to write to ADFS partitions on
870 hard drives and ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This is experimental
871 codes, so if you're unsure, say N.
874 tristate "Amiga FFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
875 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
877 The Fast File System (FFS) is the common file system used on hard
878 disks by Amiga(tm) systems since AmigaOS Version 1.3 (34.20). Say Y
879 if you want to be able to read and write files from and to an Amiga
880 FFS partition on your hard drive. Amiga floppies however cannot be
881 read with this driver due to an incompatibility of the floppy
882 controller used in an Amiga and the standard floppy controller in
883 PCs and workstations. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt>
884 and <file:fs/affs/Changes>.
886 With this driver you can also mount disk files used by Bernd
887 Schmidt's Un*X Amiga Emulator
888 (<http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/>).
889 If you want to do this, you will also need to say Y or M to "Loop
890 device support", above.
892 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
893 module will be called affs. If unsure, say N.
896 tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
897 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
899 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
900 floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
901 Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
904 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
905 module will be called hfs.
908 tristate "Apple Extended HFS file system support"
912 If you say Y here, you will be able to mount extended format
913 Macintosh-formatted hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
915 This file system is often called HFS+ and was introduced with
916 MacOS 8. It includes all Mac specific filesystem data such as
917 data forks and creator codes, but it also has several UNIX
918 style features such as file ownership and permissions.
921 tristate "BeOS file system (BeFS) support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
922 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
925 The BeOS File System (BeFS) is the native file system of Be, Inc's
926 BeOS. Notable features include support for arbitrary attributes
927 on files and directories, and database-like indeces on selected
928 attributes. (Also note that this driver doesn't make those features
929 available at this time). It is a 64 bit filesystem, so it supports
930 extremly large volumes and files.
932 If you use this filesystem, you should also say Y to at least one
933 of the NLS (native language support) options below.
935 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
937 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
944 If you say Y here, you can use the 'debug' mount option to enable
945 debugging output from the driver.
948 tristate "BFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
949 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
951 Boot File System (BFS) is a file system used under SCO UnixWare to
952 allow the bootloader access to the kernel image and other important
953 files during the boot process. It is usually mounted under /stand
954 and corresponds to the slice marked as "STAND" in the UnixWare
955 partition. You should say Y if you want to read or write the files
956 on your /stand slice from within Linux. You then also need to say Y
957 to "UnixWare slices support", below. More information about the BFS
958 file system is contained in the file
959 <file:Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt>.
961 If you don't know what this is about, say N.
963 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
964 bfs. Note that the file system of your root partition (the one
965 containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
970 tristate "EFS file system support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
971 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
973 EFS is an older file system used for non-ISO9660 CD-ROMs and hard
974 disk partitions by SGI's IRIX operating system (IRIX 6.0 and newer
975 uses the XFS file system for hard disk partitions however).
977 This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
978 what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
979 about EFS see its home page at <http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/>.
981 To compile the EFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
982 module will be called efs.
985 tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support"
988 JFFS is the Journaling Flash File System developed by Axis
989 Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe
990 file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is
991 available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).
993 config JFFS_FS_VERBOSE
994 int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
998 Determines the verbosity level of the JFFS debugging messages.
1001 bool "JFFS stats available in /proc filesystem"
1002 depends on JFFS_FS && PROC_FS
1004 Enabling this option will cause statistics from mounted JFFS file systems
1005 to be made available to the user in the /proc/fs/jffs/ directory.
1008 tristate "Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support"
1012 JFFS2 is the second generation of the Journalling Flash File System
1013 for use on diskless embedded devices. It provides improved wear
1014 levelling, compression and support for hard links. You cannot use
1015 this on normal block devices, only on 'MTD' devices.
1017 Further information on the design and implementation of JFFS2 is
1018 available at <http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/>.
1020 config JFFS2_FS_DEBUG
1021 int "JFFS2 debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 2 = noisy)"
1025 This controls the amount of debugging messages produced by the JFFS2
1026 code. Set it to zero for use in production systems. For evaluation,
1027 testing and debugging, it's advisable to set it to one. This will
1028 enable a few assertions and will print debugging messages at the
1029 KERN_DEBUG loglevel, where they won't normally be visible. Level 2
1030 is unlikely to be useful - it enables extra debugging in certain
1031 areas which at one point needed debugging, but when the bugs were
1032 located and fixed, the detailed messages were relegated to level 2.
1034 If reporting bugs, please try to have available a full dump of the
1035 messages at debug level 1 while the misbehaviour was occurring.
1037 config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
1038 bool "JFFS2 write-buffering support"
1042 This enables the write-buffering support in JFFS2.
1044 This functionality is required to support JFFS2 on the following
1045 types of flash devices:
1047 - NOR flash with transparent ECC
1050 config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1051 bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
1055 Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
1056 compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
1057 compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
1058 and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
1059 write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
1061 If unsure, you should _definitely_ say 'N'.
1064 bool "JFFS2 ZLIB compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1070 Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
1071 lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
1072 hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
1073 further information.
1078 bool "JFFS2 RTIME compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1082 Rtime does manage to recompress already-compressed data. Say 'Y' if unsure.
1085 bool "JFFS2 RUBIN compression support" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1089 RUBINMIPS and DYNRUBIN compressors. Say 'N' if unsure.
1092 prompt "JFFS2 default compression mode" if JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
1093 default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1096 You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
1097 the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
1099 config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
1100 bool "no compression"
1102 Uses no compression.
1104 config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
1107 Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
1110 config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
1111 bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1113 Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
1119 tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
1122 Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
1123 System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed
1124 file system for ROM based embedded systems. CramFs is read-only,
1125 limited to 256MB file systems (with 16MB files), and doesn't support
1126 16/32 bits uid/gid, hard links and timestamps.
1128 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt> and
1129 <file:fs/cramfs/README> for further information.
1131 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1132 cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
1133 directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
1138 tristate "FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)"
1140 FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
1141 file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
1142 of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
1143 for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
1144 Currently only readonly access is supported.
1146 NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
1147 fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
1150 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1151 called freevxfs. If unsure, say N.
1155 tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
1157 OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
1158 is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
1159 partitions. Say Y if you want to be able to read files from and
1160 write files to an OS/2 HPFS partition on your hard drive. OS/2
1161 floppies however are in regular MSDOS format, so you don't need this
1162 option in order to be able to read them. Read
1163 <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
1165 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1166 module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N.
1171 tristate "QNX4 file system support (read only)"
1173 This is the file system used by the real-time operating systems
1174 QNX 4 and QNX 6 (the latter is also called QNX RTP).
1175 Further information is available at <http://www.qnx.com/>.
1176 Say Y if you intend to mount QNX hard disks or floppies.
1177 Unless you say Y to "QNX4FS read-write support" below, you will
1178 only be able to read these file systems.
1180 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1181 module will be called qnx4.
1183 If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
1187 bool "QNX4FS write support (DANGEROUS)"
1188 depends on QNX4FS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1190 Say Y if you want to test write support for QNX4 file systems.
1192 It's currently broken, so for now:
1198 tristate "System V/Xenix/V7/Coherent file system support"
1200 SCO, Xenix and Coherent are commercial Unix systems for Intel
1201 machines, and Version 7 was used on the DEC PDP-11. Saying Y
1202 here would allow you to read from their floppies and hard disk
1205 If you have floppies or hard disk partitions like that, it is likely
1206 that they contain binaries from those other Unix systems; in order
1207 to run these binaries, you will want to install linux-abi which is a
1208 a set of kernel modules that lets you run SCO, Xenix, Wyse,
1209 UnixWare, Dell Unix and System V programs under Linux. It is
1210 available via FTP (user: ftp) from
1211 <ftp://ftp.openlinux.org/pub/people/hch/linux-abi/>).
1212 NOTE: that will work only for binaries from Intel-based systems;
1213 PDP ones will have to wait until somebody ports Linux to -11 ;-)
1215 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1216 network using NFS, you don't need the System V file system support
1217 (but you need NFS file system support obviously).
1219 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1220 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1221 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1222 tar" or preferably "info tar"). Note also that this option has
1223 nothing whatsoever to do with the option "System V IPC". Read about
1224 the System V file system in
1225 <file:Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt>.
1226 Saying Y here will enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1228 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1231 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1236 tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
1238 BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
1239 OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
1240 Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
1241 this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
1242 these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
1243 experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
1244 file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
1246 The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is
1247 READ-ONLY supported.
1249 If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
1250 network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
1251 you need NFS file system support obviously).
1253 Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
1254 good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
1255 (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
1256 tar" or preferably "info tar").
1258 When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
1259 NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
1260 recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
1262 To compile the UFS file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1263 module will be called ufs.
1265 If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
1268 bool "UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)"
1269 depends on UFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1271 Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
1272 experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
1276 menu "Network File Systems"
1280 tristate "NFS file system support"
1284 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
1286 If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer
1287 (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing
1288 on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing
1289 protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access
1290 the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the
1291 client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the
1292 programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system
1293 support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network
1294 Administrator's Guide, available from
1295 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man
1296 nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO.
1298 A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by
1299 the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below.
1301 If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also.
1302 This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB.
1304 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
1305 module will be called nfs.
1307 If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root
1308 file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel
1309 level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS"
1310 below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case.
1311 There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over
1312 the net: netboot, available from
1313 <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot,
1314 available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>.
1316 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
1319 bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
1322 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
1323 3 of the NFS protocol.
1328 bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1331 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1332 Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with
1333 the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option.
1338 bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1339 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1340 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1342 Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer
1343 version 4 of the NFS protocol.
1345 Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on
1346 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1351 bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1352 depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
1354 This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files
1355 in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT
1356 is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page
1357 cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers
1358 directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has
1359 no alignment restrictions.
1361 Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are
1362 much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for
1363 you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network
1364 storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing
1365 system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous
1368 For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c.
1370 If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and
1371 causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is
1372 opened with the O_DIRECT flag.
1375 tristate "NFS server support"
1380 select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFSD_V3_ACL || NFSD_V2_ACL
1382 If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
1383 computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
1384 directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
1385 use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
1386 should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
1387 server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
1390 In either case, you will need support software; the respective
1391 locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the
1394 If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS
1395 protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question
1398 Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
1399 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1401 To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the
1402 module will be called nfsd. If unsure, say N.
1409 bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"
1412 If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2
1413 server, say Y here. If unsure, say Y.
1416 bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"
1420 Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX
1421 Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should
1422 be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the
1423 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option. If unsure, say N.
1426 bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1427 depends on NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
1433 If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2
1434 and NFSv3 servers, say Y here. This feature is experimental, and
1435 should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.
1439 bool "Provide NFS server over TCP support"
1443 If you want your NFS server to support TCP connections, say Y here.
1444 TCP connections usually perform better than the default UDP when
1445 the network is lossy or congested. If unsure, say Y.
1448 bool "Root file system on NFS"
1449 depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP
1451 If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
1452 one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
1453 net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk),
1454 say Y. Read <file:Documentation/nfsroot.txt> for details. It is
1455 likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to "Kernel level IP
1456 autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover its network address
1459 Most people say N here.
1466 depends on NFSD_V3 || NFS_V3
1472 config NFS_ACL_SUPPORT
1478 depends on NFSD || NFS_FS
1487 config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
1488 tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1489 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1495 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1496 mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for
1499 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1500 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1504 config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
1505 tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1506 depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
1512 Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api
1513 mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism.
1515 Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on
1516 http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/
1521 tristate "SMB file system support (to mount Windows shares etc.)"
1525 SMB (Server Message Block) is the protocol Windows for Workgroups
1526 (WfW), Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2 Lan Manager use to share
1527 files and printers over local networks. Saying Y here allows you to
1528 mount their file systems (often called "shares" in this context) and
1529 access them just like any other Unix directory. Currently, this
1530 works only if the Windows machines use TCP/IP as the underlying
1531 transport protocol, and not NetBEUI. For details, read
1532 <file:Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt> and the SMB-HOWTO,
1533 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1535 Note: if you just want your box to act as an SMB *server* and make
1536 files and printing services available to Windows clients (which need
1537 to have a TCP/IP stack), you don't need to say Y here; you can use
1538 the program SAMBA (available from <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/>)
1541 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1542 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1544 To compile the SMB support as a module, choose M here: the module will
1545 be called smbfs. Most people say N, however.
1547 config SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1548 bool "Use a default NLS"
1551 Enabling this will make smbfs use nls translations by default. You
1552 need to specify the local charset (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT) in the nls
1553 settings and you need to give the default nls for the SMB server as
1554 CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE.
1556 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1557 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1559 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1561 config SMB_NLS_REMOTE
1562 string "Default Remote NLS Option"
1563 depends on SMB_NLS_DEFAULT
1566 This setting allows you to specify a default value for which
1567 codepage the server uses. If this field is left blank no
1568 translations will be done by default. The local codepage/charset
1569 default to CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT.
1571 The nls settings can be changed at mount time, if your smbmount
1572 supports that, using the codepage and iocharset parameters.
1574 smbmount from samba 2.2.0 or later supports this.
1577 tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem for Samba, Window and other CIFS compliant servers)"
1581 This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
1582 (CIFS) protocol which is the successor to the Server Message Block
1583 (SMB) protocol, the native file sharing mechanism for most early
1584 PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
1585 file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
1586 and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
1587 server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Currently
1588 you must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
1589 such as Windows 9x and OS/2.
1591 The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
1592 network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
1593 including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
1594 session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
1595 packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements,
1596 and optional Winbind (nsswitch) integration. You do not need to enable
1597 cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both
1598 smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003
1599 and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need
1600 to mount to Samba or Windows 2003 servers from this machine, say Y.
1603 bool "CIFS statistics"
1606 Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
1607 mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
1610 bool "CIFS extended attributes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1613 Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
1614 the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
1615 <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). CIFS maps the name of
1616 extended attributes beginning with the user namespace prefix
1617 to SMB/CIFS EAs. EAs are stored on Windows servers without the
1618 user namespace prefix, but their names are seen by Linux cifs clients
1619 prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
1620 (used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
1626 bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1627 depends on CIFS_XATTR
1629 Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
1630 negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5
1631 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather
1632 than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables
1633 support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers
1634 (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate
1635 CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N.
1637 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
1638 bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1641 Enables cifs features under testing. These features
1642 are highly experimental. If unsure, say N.
1645 tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
1646 depends on IPX!=n || INET
1648 NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) is a protocol that runs over IPX and is
1649 used by Novell NetWare clients to talk to file servers. It is to
1650 IPX what NFS is to TCP/IP, if that helps. Saying Y here allows you
1651 to mount NetWare file server volumes and to access them just like
1652 any other Unix directory. For details, please read the file
1653 <file:Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt> in the kernel source and
1654 the IPX-HOWTO from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1656 You do not have to say Y here if you want your Linux box to act as a
1657 file *server* for Novell NetWare clients.
1659 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
1660 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
1662 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
1663 ncpfs. Say N unless you are connected to a Novell network.
1665 source "fs/ncpfs/Kconfig"
1668 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
1671 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
1672 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
1673 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
1674 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
1675 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
1676 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
1677 persistent client caches and write back caching.
1679 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
1680 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
1681 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
1682 no kernel support. Please read
1683 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.txt> and check out the Coda
1684 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
1686 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
1687 module will be called coda.
1689 config CODA_FS_OLD_API
1690 bool "Use 96-bit Coda file identifiers"
1693 A new kernel-userspace API had to be introduced for Coda v6.0
1694 to support larger 128-bit file identifiers as needed by the
1695 new realms implementation.
1697 However this new API is not backward compatible with older
1698 clients. If you really need to run the old Coda userspace
1699 cache manager then say Y.
1701 For most cases you probably want to say N.
1704 # for fs/nls/Config.in
1705 tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (Experimental)"
1706 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1709 If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
1710 driver. It currently only supports unsecured read-only AFS access.
1712 See <file:Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt> for more intormation.
1720 tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental)"
1721 depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
1723 If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
1724 Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
1726 See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
1732 menu "Partition Types"
1734 source "fs/partitions/Kconfig"
1738 source "fs/nls/Kconfig"