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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-04 18:06:16 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-04 18:06:16 +0200 |
commit | 4a61f17378c2cdd9bd8f34ef8bd7422861d0c1f1 (patch) | |
tree | a2054556900af8c16fd9f5419f012dcf1ee2995a /fs/gfs2/Kconfig | |
parent | Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 (diff) | |
parent | [GFS2] Fix endian bug for de_type (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6: (292 commits)
[GFS2] Fix endian bug for de_type
[GFS2] Initialize SELinux extended attributes at inode creation time.
[GFS2] Move logging code into log.c (mostly)
[GFS2] Mark nlink cleared so VFS sees it happen
[GFS2] Two redundant casts removed
[GFS2] Remove uneeded endian conversion
[GFS2] Remove duplicate sb reading code
[GFS2] Mark metadata reads for blktrace
[GFS2] Remove iflags.h, use FS_
[GFS2] Fix code style/indent in ops_file.c
[GFS2] streamline-generic_file_-interfaces-and-filemap gfs fix
[GFS2] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead (gfs bits)
[GFS2] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize from the inode structure
[GFS2] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private (gfs)
[GFS2] Fix typo in last patch
[GFS2] Fix direct i/o logic in filemap.c
[GFS2] Fix bug in Makefiles for lock modules
[GFS2] Remove (extra) fs_subsys declaration
[GFS2/DLM] Fix trailing whitespace
[GFS2] Tidy up meta_io code
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diff --git a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8c27de8b9568 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +config GFS2_FS + tristate "GFS2 file system support" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + select FS_POSIX_ACL + help + A cluster filesystem. + + Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device + that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads + and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses + a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so + filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of + GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one + machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster. + + To use the GFS2 filesystem, you will need to enable one or more of + the below locking modules. Documentation and utilities for GFS2 can + be found here: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster + +config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_NOLOCK + tristate "GFS2 \"nolock\" locking module" + depends on GFS2_FS + help + Single node locking module for GFS2. + + Use this module if you want to use GFS2 on a single node without + its clustering features. You can still take advantage of the + large file support, and upgrade to running a full cluster later on + if required. + + If you will only be using GFS2 in cluster mode, you do not need this + module. + +config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM + tristate "GFS2 DLM locking module" + depends on GFS2_FS + select DLM + help + Multiple node locking module for GFS2 + + Most users of GFS2 will require this module. It provides the locking + interface between GFS2 and the DLM, which is required to use GFS2 + in a cluster environment. + |