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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index a52cf6280b4..17216ba99c8 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ config PROC_KCORE config PROC_VMCORE bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP + depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP default y help Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. @@ -1547,10 +1547,6 @@ 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 @@ -1590,6 +1586,7 @@ 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 @@ -1598,76 +1595,92 @@ 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 ver |