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index 01a295232f7..d5255e627b5 100644
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@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ config AFFS_FS
config HFS_FS
tristate "Apple Macintosh file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ select NLS
help
If you say Y here, you will be able to mount Macintosh-formatted
floppy disks and hard drive partitions with full read-write access.
@@ -1050,6 +1051,19 @@ config JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
- NOR flash with transparent ECC
- DataFlash
+config JFFS2_SUMMARY
+ bool "JFFS2 summary support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on JFFS2_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
+ help
+ This feature makes it possible to use summary information
+ for faster filesystem mount.
+
+ The summary information can be inserted into a filesystem image
+ by the utility 'sumtool'.
+
+ If unsure, say 'N'.
+
config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
bool "Advanced compression options for JFFS2"
depends on JFFS2_FS
@@ -1071,10 +1085,10 @@ config JFFS2_ZLIB
default y
help
Zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered,
- lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
+ lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer
hardware and operating system. See <http://www.gzip.org/zlib/> for
further information.
-
+
Say 'Y' if unsure.
config JFFS2_RTIME
@@ -1096,7 +1110,7 @@ choice
default JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
depends on JFFS2_FS
help
- You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
+ You can set here the default compression mode of JFFS2 from
the available compression modes. Don't touch if unsure.
config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
@@ -1107,13 +1121,13 @@ config JFFS2_CMODE_NONE
config JFFS2_CMODE_PRIORITY
bool "priority"
help
- Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
+ Tries the compressors in a predefinied order and chooses the first
successful one.
config JFFS2_CMODE_SIZE
bool "size (EXPERIMENTAL)"
help
- Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
+ Tries all compressors and chooses the one which has the smallest
result.
endchoice
@@ -1587,9 +1601,10 @@ config CIFS
PC operating systems. The CIFS protocol is fully supported by
file servers such as Windows 2000 (including Windows 2003, NT 4
and Windows XP) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS
- server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Currently
- you must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
- such as Windows 9x and OS/2.
+ server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Limited
+ support for Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well.
+ You must use the smbfs client filesystem to access older SMB servers
+ such as OS/2 and DOS.
The intent of the cifs module is to provide an advanced
network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers,
@@ -1600,7 +1615,7 @@ config CIFS
cifs if running only a (Samba) server. It is possible to enable both
smbfs and cifs (e.g. if you are using CIFS for accessing Windows 2003
and Samba 3 servers, and smbfs for accessing old servers). If you need
- to mount to Samba or Windows 2003 servers from this machine, say Y.
+ to mount to Samba or Windows from this machine, say Y.
config CIFS_STATS
bool "CIFS statistics"
@@ -1609,8 +1624,22 @@ config CIFS_STATS
Enabling this option will cause statistics for each server share
mounted by the cifs client to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
+config CIFS_STATS2
+ bool "CIFS extended statistics"
+ depends on CIFS_STATS
+ help
+ Enabling this option will allow more detailed statistics on SMB
+ request timing to be displayed in /proc/fs/cifs/DebugData and also
+ allow optional logging of slow responses to dmesg (depending on the
+ value of /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI, see fs/cifs/README for more details).
+ These additional statistics may have a minor effect on performance
+ and memory utilization.
+
+ Unless you are a developer or are doing network performance analysis
+ or tuning, say N.
+
config CIFS_XATTR
- bool "CIFS extended attributes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "CIFS extended attributes"
depends on CIFS
help
Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
@@ -1622,11 +1651,11 @@ config CIFS_XATTR
prefaced by the user namespace prefix. The system namespace
(used by some filesystems to store ACLs) is not supported at
this time.
-
+
If unsure, say N.
config CIFS_POSIX
- bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "CIFS POSIX Extensions"
depends on CIFS_XATTR
help
Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to
@@ -1639,10 +1668,28 @@ config CIFS_POSIX
config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on CIFS
+ depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ Enables cifs features under testing. These features are
+ experimental and currently include support for writepages
+ (multipage writebehind performance improvements) and directory
+ change notification ie fcntl(F_DNOTIFY) as well as some security
+ improvements. Some also depend on setting at runtime the
+ pseudo-file /proc/fs/cifs/Experimental (which is disabled by
+ default). See the file fs/cifs/README for more details.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config CIFS_UPCALL
+ bool "CIFS Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+ select CONNECTOR
help
- Enables cifs features under testing. These features
- are highly experimental. If unsure, say N.
+ Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which will be used to contact
+ userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged Kerberos
+ tickets which are needed to mount to certain secure servers
+ (for which more secure Kerberos authentication is required). If
+ unsure, say N.
config NCP_FS
tristate "NCP file system support (to mount NetWare volumes)"