On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:16:14PM -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.
The changes make sense to me.--b.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> fs/Kconfig | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index cf12c40..0e0faf2 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -1544,10 +1544,6 @@ 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
> @@ -1587,6 +1583,7 @@ 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
> @@ -1595,76 +1592,92 @@ 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/filesystems/nfsroot.txt>.
> +
> + Most people say N here.
> +
> config NFSD
> tristate "NFS server support"
> depends on INET
> @@ -1746,20 +1759,6 @@ 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/filesystems/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
>
>
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