From: Chuck Lever Subject: [PATCH 05/10] SUNRPC: Update help Kconfig text Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:09:05 -0500 Message-ID: <20080205180905.32229.34150.stgit@manray.1015granger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from flpi185.sbcis.sbc.com ([207.115.20.187]:55910 "EHLO flpi185.prodigy.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758895AbYBESJG (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:09:06 -0500 Received: from manray.1015granger.net (adsl-76-241-169-38.dsl.sfldmi.sbcglobal.net [76.241.169.38]) by flpi185.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m15I95Vx015604 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:09:06 -0800 Received: from manray.1015granger.net (manray.1015granger.net [127.0.0.1]) by manray.1015granger.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m15I95CV032278 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:09:05 -0500 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Refresh the help text for Kconfig items related to the sunrpc module. Remove obsolete URLs, and make the language consistent among the options. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever --- fs/Kconfig | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 53e21eb..9ad62a9 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -1766,17 +1766,29 @@ config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA depends on SUNRPC && INFINIBAND && EXPERIMENTAL default m help - Adds a client RPC transport for supporting kernel NFS over RDMA - mounts, including Infiniband and iWARP. Experimental. + This option enables the RPC client transport capability that + supports NFS over RDMA in the kernel's NFS client. To compile + RPC client RDMA transport support as a module, choose M here: + the module will be called xprtrdma. + + If unsure, say N. config SUNRPC_BIND34 bool "Support for rpcbind versions 3 & 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL help - Provides kernel support for querying rpcbind servers via versions 3 - and 4 of the rpcbind protocol. The kernel automatically falls back - to version 2 if a remote rpcbind service does not support versions - 3 or 4. + RPC requests over IPv6 networks require support for larger + addresses when performing an RPC bind. Sun added support for + IPv6 addressing by creating two new versions of the rpcbind + protocol (RFC 1833). + + This option enables support in the kernel RPC client for + querying rpcbind servers via versions 3 and 4 of the rpcbind + protocol. The kernel automatically falls back to version 2 + if a remote rpcbind service does not support versions 3 or 4. + By themselves, these new versions do not provide support for + RPC over IPv6, but the new protocol versions are necessary to + support it. If unsure, say N to get traditional behavior (version 2 rpcbind requests only). @@ -1790,12 +1802,13 @@ config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 select CRYPTO_DES select CRYPTO_CBC help - Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api - mechanism based on Kerberos V5. This is required for - NFSv4. + Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the Kerberos version 5 + GSS-API mechanism (RFC 1964). - Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on - http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ + Secure RPC calls with Kerberos require an auxiliary user-space + daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package + available from http://linux-nfs.org/. In addition, user-space + Kerberos support should be installed. If unsure, say N. @@ -1809,11 +1822,12 @@ config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3 select CRYPTO_CAST5 select CRYPTO_CBC help - Provides for secure RPC calls by means of a gss-api - mechanism based on the SPKM3 public-key mechanism. + Choose Y here to enable Secure RPC using the SPKM3 public key + GSS-API mechansim (RFC 2025). - Note: Requires an auxiliary userspace daemon which may be found on - http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/ + Secure RPC calls with SPKM3 require an auxiliary userspace + daemon which may be found in the Linux nfs-utils package + available from http://linux-nfs.org/. If unsure, say N.