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diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..36fe20d6eba2 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +config NFS_FS + tristate "NFS client support" + depends on INET + select LOCKD + select SUNRPC + select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL + help + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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 unsure, say N. + +config NFS_V3 + bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3" + depends on NFS_FS + help + 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 "NFS client support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension" + depends on NFS_V3 + help + 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 "NFS client support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on NFS_FS && EXPERIMENTAL + select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 + help + This option enables support for version 4 of the NFS protocol + (RFC 3530) in the kernel's NFS client. + + 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. |