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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 2694648cbd1..1c16de9611e 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -1544,10 +1544,6 @@ config UFS_FS The recently released UFS2 variant (used in FreeBSD 5.x) is READ-ONLY supported. - If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the - network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but - you need NFS file system support obviously). - Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man @@ -1587,6 +1583,7 @@ menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS Say Y here to get to see options for network filesystems and filesystem-related networking code, such as NFS daemon and RPCSEC security modules. + This option alone does not add any kernel code. If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and @@ -1595,76 +1592,92 @@ menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS if NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS config NFS_FS - tristate "NFS file system support" + tristate "NFS client support" depends on INET select LOCKD select SUNRPC select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL help - If you are connected to some other (usually local) Unix computer - (using SLIP, PLIP, PPP or Ethernet) and want to mount files residing - on that computer (the NFS server) using the Network File Sharing - protocol, say Y. "Mounting files" means that the client can access - the files with usual UNIX commands as if they were sitting on the - client's hard disk. For this to work, the server must run the - programs nfsd and mountd (but does not need to have NFS file system - support enabled in its kernel). NFS is explained in the Network - Administrator's Guide, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>, on its man page: "man - nfs", and in the NFS-HOWTO. - - A superior but less widely used alternative to NFS is provided by - the Coda file system; see "Coda file system support" below. + Choose Y here if you want to access files residing on other + computers using Sun's Network File System protocol. To compile + this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module + will be called nfs. - If you say Y here, you should have said Y to TCP/IP networking also. - This option would enlarge your kernel by about 27 KB. + To mount file systems exported by NFS servers, you also need to + install the user space mount.nfs command which can be found in + the Linux nfs-utils package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/. + Information about using the mount command is available in the + mount(8) man page. More detail about the Linux NFS client + implementation is available via the nfs(5) man page. - To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called nfs. + Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are + available in the kernel to mount NFS servers. Support for NFS + version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when NFS_FS is selected. - If you are configuring a diskless machine which will mount its root - file system over NFS at boot time, say Y here and to "Kernel - level IP autoconfiguration" above and to "Root file system on NFS" - below. You cannot compile this driver as a module in this case. - There are two packages designed for booting diskless machines over - the net: netboot, available from - <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/netboot/>, and Etherboot, - available from <http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/etherboot/>. + To configure a system which mounts its root file system via NFS + at boot time, say Y here, select "Kernel level IP + autoconfiguration" in the NETWORK menu, and select "Root file + system on NFS" below. You cannot compile this file system as a + module in this case. - If you don't know what all this is about, say N. + If unsure, say N. config NFS_V3 - bool "Provide NFSv3 client support" + bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3" depends on NFS_FS help - Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version - 3 of the NFS protocol. + This option enables support for version 3 of the NFS protocol + (RFC 1813) in the kernel's NFS client. If unsure, say Y. config NFS_V3_ACL - bool "Provide client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension" + bool "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension" depends on NFS_V3 help - Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX - Access Control Lists. The server should also be compiled with - the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL option. + Some NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that + Sun added to Solaris but never became an official part of the + NFS version 3 protocol. This protocol extension allows + applications on NFS clients to manipulate POSIX Access Control + Lists on files residing on NFS servers. NFS servers enforce + ACLs on local files whether this protocol is available or not. + + Choose Y here if your NFS server supports the Solaris NFSv3 ACL + protocol extension and you want your NFS client to allow + applications to access and modify ACLs on files on the server. + + Most NFS servers don't support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol + extension. You can choose N here or specify the "noacl" mount + option to prevent your NFS client from trying to use the NFSv3 + ACL protocol. If unsure, say N. config NFS_V4 - bool "Provide NFSv4 client support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + bool "NFS client support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 help - Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak the newer - version 4 of the NFS protocol. + This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol + (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client. - Note: Requires auxiliary userspace daemons which may be found on - http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ + To mount NFS servers using NFSv4, you also need to install user + space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package, + available from http://linux-nfs.org/. If unsure, say N. +config ROOT_NFS + bool "Root file system on NFS" + depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP + help + If you want your system to mount its root file system via NFS, + choose Y here. This is common practice for managing systems + without local permanent storage. For details, read + <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt>. + + Most people say N here. + config NFSD tristate "NFS server support" depends on INET @@ -1746,20 +1759,6 @@ config NFSD_V4 If unsure, say N. -config ROOT_NFS - bool "Root file system on NFS" - depends on NFS_FS=y && IP_PNP - help - If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the - one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the - net via NFS (presumably because your box doesn't have a hard disk), - say Y. Read <file:Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt> for - details. It is likely that in this case, you also want to say Y to - "Kernel level IP autoconfiguration" so that your box can discover - its network address at boot time. - - Most people say N here. - config LOCKD tristate |