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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-07 08:09:00 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-07 08:09:00 -0800 |
commit | d3f8fd765e94b9137e1f27bbb0ac25289f9e565c (patch) | |
tree | a9ee7f05b3ef9c03292b101e1e2e0ed0e1c3e85a /fs/gfs2/Kconfig | |
parent | 0670afdf0e69e5e73c8358da9c39bf3a8807b03e (diff) | |
parent | a2cf822274b3d58a16a65c8338e299e18b3dc3a4 (diff) | |
download | linux-d3f8fd765e94b9137e1f27bbb0ac25289f9e565c.tar.bz2 |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: (57 commits)
[GFS2] make gfs2_writepages() static
[GFS2] Unlock page on prepare_write try lock failure
[GFS2] nfsd readdirplus assertion failure
[DLM] fix softlockup in dlm_recv
[DLM] zero new user lvbs
[DLM/GFS2] indent help text
[GFS2] Fix unlink deadlocks
[GFS2] Put back semaphore to avoid umount problem
[GFS2] more CURRENT_TIME_SEC
[GFS2/DLM] fix GFS2 circular dependency
[GFS2/DLM] use sysfs
[GFS2] make lock_dlm drop_count tunable in sysfs
[GFS2] increase default lock limit
[GFS2] Fix list corruption in lops.c
[GFS2] Fix recursive locking attempt with NFS
[DLM] can miss clearing resend flag
[DLM] saved dlm message can be dropped
[DLM] Make sock_sem into a mutex
[GFS2] Fix typo in glock.c
[GFS2] use CURRENT_TIME_SEC instead of get_seconds in gfs2
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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/gfs2/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/gfs2/Kconfig | 47 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig index 6a2ffa2db14f..de8e64c03f73 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig +++ b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig @@ -4,44 +4,43 @@ config GFS2_FS select FS_POSIX_ACL select CRC32 help - A cluster filesystem. + A cluster filesystem. - Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device - that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads - and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses - a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so - filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of - GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one - machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster. + Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device + that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads + and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses + a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so + filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of + GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one + machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster. - To use the GFS2 filesystem, you will need to enable one or more of - the below locking modules. Documentation and utilities for GFS2 can - be found here: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster + To use the GFS2 filesystem, you will need to enable one or more of + the below locking modules. Documentation and utilities for GFS2 can + be found here: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_NOLOCK tristate "GFS2 \"nolock\" locking module" depends on GFS2_FS help - Single node locking module for GFS2. + Single node locking module for GFS2. - Use this module if you want to use GFS2 on a single node without - its clustering features. You can still take advantage of the - large file support, and upgrade to running a full cluster later on - if required. + Use this module if you want to use GFS2 on a single node without + its clustering features. You can still take advantage of the + large file support, and upgrade to running a full cluster later on + if required. - If you will only be using GFS2 in cluster mode, you do not need this - module. + If you will only be using GFS2 in cluster mode, you do not need this + module. config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM tristate "GFS2 DLM locking module" - depends on GFS2_FS && NET && INET && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) + depends on GFS2_FS && SYSFS && NET && INET && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) select IP_SCTP if DLM_SCTP select CONFIGFS_FS select DLM help - Multiple node locking module for GFS2 - - Most users of GFS2 will require this module. It provides the locking - interface between GFS2 and the DLM, which is required to use GFS2 - in a cluster environment. + Multiple node locking module for GFS2 + Most users of GFS2 will require this module. It provides the locking + interface between GFS2 and the DLM, which is required to use GFS2 + in a cluster environment. |