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index cc28a69246a7..987b5d7cb21a 100644
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@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ config JBD_DEBUG
config JBD2
tristate
+ select CRC32
help
This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers. It is currently used by
@@ -440,14 +441,8 @@ config OCFS2_FS
Tools web page: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools
OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/
- Note: Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
- - extended attributes
- - quotas
- - cluster aware flock
- - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
- - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
- - POSIX ACLs
- - readpages / writepages (not user visible)
+ For more information on OCFS2, see the file
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt>.
config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
bool "OCFS2 logging support"
@@ -459,6 +454,15 @@ config OCFS2_DEBUG_MASKLOG
This option will enlarge your kernel, but it allows debugging of
ocfs2 filesystem issues.
+config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
+ bool "OCFS2 expensive checks"
+ depends on OCFS2_FS
+ default n
+ help
+ This option will enable expensive consistency checks. Enable
+ this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
+ performance of the filesystem.
+
config MINIX_FS
tristate "Minix fs support"
help
@@ -504,7 +508,7 @@ config INOTIFY
including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
notification.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
@@ -518,7 +522,7 @@ config INOTIFY_USER
directories via a single open fd. Events are read from the file
descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
- For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+ For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
If unsure, say Y.
@@ -1019,8 +1023,8 @@ config HUGETLB_PAGE
def_bool HUGETLBFS
config CONFIGFS_FS
- tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
+ depends on SYSFS
help
configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
@@ -1089,7 +1093,7 @@ config ECRYPT_FS
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && KEYS && CRYPTO && NET
help
Encrypted filesystem that operates on the VFS layer. See
- <file:Documentation/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
+ <file:Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt> to learn more about
eCryptfs. Userspace components are required and can be
obtained from <http://ecryptfs.sf.net>.
@@ -1103,8 +1107,8 @@ config HFS_FS
help
If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
- Please read <file:fs/hfs/HFS.txt> to learn about the available mount
- options.
+ Please read <file:Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt> to learn about
+ the available mount options.
To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called hfs.
@@ -1296,7 +1300,7 @@ config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
help
Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
- compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
+ compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.
@@ -1670,6 +1674,8 @@ config NFSD
select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
+ select PROC_FS if NFSD_V4
+ select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS
help
If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
@@ -1896,13 +1902,15 @@ config CIFS
file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
- support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
-
- The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
- network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
- including support for dfs (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
- session establishment, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional
- packet signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
+ support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
+ well.
+
+ The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
+ client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
+ support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
+ session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2,
+ safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet
+ signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements.
If you need to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
config CIFS_STATS
@@ -1934,7 +1942,8 @@ config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
(since 1997) support stronger NTLM (and even NTLMv2 and Kerberos)
security mechanisms. These hash the password more securely
than the mechanisms used in the older LANMAN version of the
- SMB protocol needed to establish sessions with old SMB servers.
+ SMB protocol but LANMAN based authentication is needed to
+ establish sessions with some old SMB servers.
Enabling this option allows the cifs module to mount to older
LANMAN based servers such as OS/2 and Windows 95, but such
@@ -1942,8 +1951,8 @@ config CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
security mechanisms if you are on a public network. Unless you
have a need to access old SMB servers (and are on a private
network) you probably want to say N. Even if this support
- is enabled in the kernel build, they will not be used
- automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
+ is enabled in the kernel build, LANMAN authentication will not be
+ used automatically. At runtime LANMAN mounts are disabled but
can be set to required (or optional) either in
/proc/fs/cifs (see fs/cifs/README for more detail) or via an
option on the mount command. This support is disabled by
@@ -2007,14 +2016,24 @@ config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
config CIFS_UPCALL
bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
- depends on CONNECTOR
+ depends on KEYS
help
- Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
- userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
- tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
+ userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)
+ Kerberos tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
(for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
unsure, say N.
+config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
+ bool "DFS feature support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on KEYS
+ help
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace
+ helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to
+ IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction
+ points. If unsure, say N.
+
config NCP_FS
tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"
depends on IPX!=n || INET
@@ -2121,4 +2140,3 @@ source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"
endmenu
-