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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig index 3b7e3b9e4fd2..4c0d53bf931a 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig @@ -18,40 +18,38 @@ config CIFS select DNS_RESOLVER select ASN1 select OID_REGISTRY + select NETFS_SUPPORT help - This is the client VFS module for the SMB3 family of NAS protocols, - (including support for the most recent, most secure dialect SMB3.1.1) - as well as for earlier dialects such as SMB2.1, SMB2 and the older - Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. CIFS was the successor - to the original dialect, the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, the - native file sharing mechanism for most early PC operating systems. - - The SMB3 protocol is supported by most modern operating systems - and NAS appliances (e.g. Samba, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, - MacOS) and even in the cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure). - The older CIFS protocol was included in Windows NT4, 2000 and XP (and - later) as well by Samba (which provides excellent CIFS and SMB3 - server support for Linux and many other operating systems). Use of - dialects older than SMB2.1 is often discouraged on public networks. + This is the client VFS module for the SMB3 family of network file + protocols (including the most recent, most secure dialect SMB3.1.1). + This module also includes support for earlier dialects such as + SMB2.1, SMB2 and even the old Common Internet File System (CIFS) + protocol. CIFS was the successor to the original network filesystem + protocol, Server Message Block (SMB ie SMB1), the native file sharing + mechanism for most early PC operating systems. + + The SMB3.1.1 protocol is supported by most modern operating systems + and NAS appliances (e.g. Samba, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, + MacOS) and even in the cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure) and also by the + Linux kernel server, ksmbd. Support for the older CIFS protocol was + included in Windows NT4, 2000 and XP (and later). Use of dialects + older than SMB2.1 is often discouraged on public networks. This module also provides limited support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar very old servers. - This module provides an advanced network file system client - for mounting to SMB3 (and CIFS) compliant servers. It includes - support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user - session establishment via Kerberos or NTLM or NTLMv2, RDMA - (smbdirect), advanced security features, per-share encryption, - directory leases, safe distributed caching (oplock), optional packet - signing, Unicode and other internationalization improvements. + This module provides an advanced network file system client for + mounting to SMB3 (and CIFS) compliant servers. It includes support + for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user session + establishment via Kerberos or NTLMv2, RDMA (smbdirect), advanced + security features, per-share encryption, packet-signing, snapshots, + directory leases, safe distributed caching (leases), multichannel, + Unicode and other internationalization improvements. In general, the default dialects, SMB3 and later, enable better performance, security and features, than would be possible with CIFS. - Note that when mounting to Samba, due to the CIFS POSIX extensions, - CIFS mounts can provide slightly better POSIX compatibility - than SMB3 mounts. SMB2/SMB3 mount options are also - slightly simpler (compared to CIFS) due to protocol improvements. - If you need to mount to Samba, Azure, Macs or Windows from this machine, say Y. + If you need to mount to Samba, Azure, ksmbd, Macs or Windows from this + machine, say Y. config CIFS_STATS2 bool "Extended statistics" @@ -111,12 +109,12 @@ config CIFS_POSIX depends on CIFS && CIFS_ALLOW_INSECURE_LEGACY && CIFS_XATTR help Enabling this option will cause the cifs client to attempt to - negotiate a newer dialect with servers, such as Samba 3.0.5 - or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like (rather - than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables - support for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers - (such as Samba 3.10 and later) which can negotiate - CIFS POSIX ACL support. If unsure, say N. + negotiate a feature of the older cifs dialect with servers, such as + Samba 3.0.5 or later, that optionally can handle more POSIX like + (rather than Windows like) file behavior. It also enables support + for POSIX ACLs (getfacl and setfacl) to servers (such as Samba 3.10 + and later) which can negotiate CIFS POSIX ACL support. This config + option is not needed when mounting with SMB3.1.1. If unsure, say N. config CIFS_DEBUG bool "Enable CIFS debugging routines" @@ -178,6 +176,8 @@ config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT help Allows NFS server to export a CIFS mounted share (nfsd over cifs) +if CIFS + config CIFS_SMB_DIRECT bool "SMB Direct support" depends on CIFS=m && INFINIBAND && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS || CIFS=y && INFINIBAND=y && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS=y @@ -201,3 +201,5 @@ config CIFS_ROOT Enables root file system support over SMB protocol. Most people say N here. + +endif |