Clean up: refresh the help text for Kconfig items related to the NFS
client. Remove obsolete URLs, and make the language consistent among
the options.
Also move the ROOT_NFS config option next to the options related to the
NFS client.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
---
fs/Kconfig | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 458ce4f..f629d4f 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1516,10 +1516,6 @@ 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
@@ -1559,6 +1555,7 @@ 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
@@ -1567,76 +1564,92 @@ 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/nfsroot.txt>.
+
+ Most people say N here.
+
config NFSD
tristate "NFS server support"
depends on INET
@@ -1717,20 +1730,6 @@ 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/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
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 14:15 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Clean up: refresh the help text for Kconfig items related to the NFS
> client. Remove obsolete URLs, and make the language consistent among
> the options.
>
> Also move the ROOT_NFS config option next to the options related to the
> NFS client.
This patch doesn't appear to apply to my tree.
Cheers
Trond
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> fs/Kconfig | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index 458ce4f..f629d4f 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -1516,10 +1516,6 @@ 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
> @@ -1559,6 +1555,7 @@ 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
> @@ -1567,76 +1564,92 @@ 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/nfsroot.txt>.
> +
> + Most people say N here.
> +
> config NFSD
> tristate "NFS server support"
> depends on INET
> @@ -1717,20 +1730,6 @@ 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/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
>
>
--
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer
NetApp
[email protected]
http://www.netapp.com
On Mar 17, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 14:15 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Clean up: refresh the help text for Kconfig items related to the NFS
>> client. Remove obsolete URLs, and make the language consistent among
>> the options.
>>
>> Also move the ROOT_NFS config option next to the options related
>> to the
>> NFS client.
>
> This patch doesn't appear to apply to my tree.
To fix it, I will need to see what the current state of your
development tree is. Can I just pull from your 'devel' branch?
>> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>
>> fs/Kconfig | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> +------------------------------
>> 1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
>> index 458ce4f..f629d4f 100644
>> --- a/fs/Kconfig
>> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
>> @@ -1516,10 +1516,6 @@ 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
>> @@ -1559,6 +1555,7 @@ 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
>> @@ -1567,76 +1564,92 @@ 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/nfsroot.txt>.
>> +
>> + Most people say N here.
>> +
>> config NFSD
>> tristate "NFS server support"
>> depends on INET
>> @@ -1717,20 +1730,6 @@ 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/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
>>
>>
> --
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer
>
> NetApp
> [email protected]
> http://www.netapp.com
--
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com