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diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index b11bd4b387e1..a6313a969bc5 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ source "fs/f2fs/Kconfig"
source "fs/zonefs/Kconfig"
config FS_DAX
- bool "Direct Access (DAX) support"
+ bool "File system based Direct Access (DAX) support"
depends on MMU
depends on !(ARM || MIPS || SPARC)
select DEV_PAGEMAP_OPS if (ZONE_DEVICE && !FS_DAX_LIMITED)
@@ -53,8 +53,23 @@ config FS_DAX
Direct Access (DAX) can be used on memory-backed block devices.
If the block device supports DAX and the filesystem supports DAX,
then you can avoid using the pagecache to buffer I/Os. Turning
- on this option will compile in support for DAX; you will need to
- mount the filesystem using the -o dax option.
+ on this option will compile in support for DAX.
+
+ For a DAX device to support file system access it needs to have
+ struct pages. For the nfit based NVDIMMs this can be enabled
+ using the ndctl utility:
+
+ # ndctl create-namespace --force --reconfig=namespace0.0 \
+ --mode=fsdax --map=mem
+
+ See the 'create-namespace' man page for details on the overhead of
+ --map=mem:
+ https://docs.pmem.io/ndctl-user-guide/ndctl-man-pages/ndctl-create-namespace
+
+ For ndctl to work CONFIG_DEV_DAX needs to be enabled as well. For most
+ file systems DAX support needs to be manually enabled globally or
+ per-inode using a mount option as well. See the file documentation in
+ Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst for details.
If you do not have a block device that is capable of using this,
or if unsure, say N. Saying Y will increase the size of the kernel
@@ -136,6 +151,7 @@ menu "DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems"
source "fs/fat/Kconfig"
source "fs/exfat/Kconfig"
source "fs/ntfs/Kconfig"
+source "fs/ntfs3/Kconfig"
endmenu
endif # BLOCK
@@ -218,8 +234,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
config HUGETLBFS
bool "HugeTLB file system support"
- depends on X86 || IA64 || SPARC64 || (S390 && 64BIT) || \
- ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS || BROKEN
+ depends on X86 || IA64 || SPARC64 || ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS || BROKEN
help
hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
@@ -352,7 +367,7 @@ source "fs/ceph/Kconfig"
source "fs/cifs/Kconfig"
source "fs/ksmbd/Kconfig"
-config CIFS_COMMON
+config SMBFS_COMMON
tristate
default y if CIFS=y
default m if CIFS=m