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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>2014-09-21 16:40:04 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>2014-09-21 16:40:04 -0300
commit3cf0c6bd68915aee3b5827b960e485de201e42c1 (patch)
tree51a4301194ce3e6d13cd97949f922936b0330af6 /fs/cifs/Kconfig
parentf5281fc81e9a0a3e80b78720c5ae2ed06da3bfae (diff)
parentc1f03b486429633597bccbee413fb621b53603a8 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'linus/master' into patchwork
There are some patches that depends on media-v3.16-rc6. So, merge back from upstream before applying them. * linus/master: (1123 commits) drm/nouveau: ltc/gf100-: fix cbc issues on certain boards drm/bochs: add missing drm_connector_register call drm/cirrus: add missing drm_connector_register call staging: vt6655: buffer overflow in ioctl USB: storage: Add quirks for Entrega/Xircom USB to SCSI converters USB: storage: Add quirk for Ariston Technologies iConnect USB to SCSI adapter USB: storage: Add quirk for Adaptec USBConnect 2000 USB-to-SCSI Adapter USB: EHCI: unlink QHs even after the controller has stopped [SCSI] fix for bidi use after free [SCSI] fix regression that accidentally disabled block-based tcq [SCSI] libiscsi: fix potential buffer overrun in __iscsi_conn_send_pdu drm/radeon: Fix typo 'addr' -> 'entry' in rs400_gart_set_page drm/nouveau/runpm: fix module unload drm/radeon/px: fix module unload vgaswitcheroo: add vga_switcheroo_fini_domain_pm_ops drm/radeon: don't reset dma on r6xx-evergreen init drm/radeon: don't reset sdma on CIK init drm/radeon: don't reset dma on NI/SI init drm/radeon/dpm: fix resume on mullins drm/radeon: Disable HDP flush before every CS again for < r600 ...
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 603f18a65c12..a2172f3f69e3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ config CIFS
support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
well.
+ The module also provides optional support for the followon
+ protocols for CIFS including SMB3, which enables
+ useful performance and security features (see the description
+ of CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2).
+
The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes
support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
@@ -121,7 +126,8 @@ config CIFS_ACL
depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS
help
Allows fetching CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server. The DACL blob
- is handed over to the application/caller.
+ is handed over to the application/caller. See the man
+ page for getcifsacl for more information.
config CIFS_DEBUG
bool "Enable CIFS debugging routines"
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT
Allows NFS server to export a CIFS mounted share (nfsd over cifs)
config CIFS_SMB2
- bool "SMB2 network file system support"
+ bool "SMB2 and SMB3 network file system support"
depends on CIFS && INET
select NLS
select KEYS
@@ -170,16 +176,21 @@ config CIFS_SMB2
select DNS_RESOLVER
help
- This enables experimental support for the SMB2 (Server Message Block
- version 2) protocol. The SMB2 protocol is the successor to the
- popular CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB2 is the
- native file sharing mechanism for recent versions of Windows
- operating systems (since Vista). SMB2 enablement will eventually
- allow users better performance, security and features, than would be
- possible with cifs. Note that smb2 mount options also are simpler
- (compared to cifs) due to protocol improvements.
-
- Unless you are a developer or tester, say N.
+ This enables support for the Server Message Block version 2
+ family of protocols, including SMB3. SMB3 support is
+ enabled on mount by specifying "vers=3.0" in the mount
+ options. These protocols are the successors to the popular
+ CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB3 is the
+ native file sharing mechanism for the more recent
+ versions of Windows (Windows 8 and Windows 2012 and
+ later) and Samba server and many others support SMB3 well.
+ In general SMB3 enables 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 do though). Note that SMB2/SMB3 mount
+ options are also slightly simpler (compared to CIFS) due
+ to protocol improvements.
config CIFS_FSCACHE
bool "Provide CIFS client caching support"