[net-next-2.6.git] / fs / autofs / Kconfig

config AUTOFS_FS
	tristate "Kernel automounter support"
	depends on BKL # unfixable, just use autofs4
	help
	  The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
	  on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
	  overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
	  automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.

	  To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
	  package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
	  You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.

	  If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
	  features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
	  below.

	  To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
	  called autofs.

	  If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
	  probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
Commit	Line	Data
90ffd467 AD	1	config AUTOFS_FS
90ffd467 AD	2	tristate "Kernel automounter support"
6de5bd12	3	depends on BKL # unfixable, just use autofs4
90ffd467 AD	4	help
	5	The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
	6	on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
	7	overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
	8	automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
	9
	10	To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
	11	package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
	12	You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
	13
	14	If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
	15	features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
	16	below.
	17
	18	To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
	19	called autofs.
	20
	21	If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
	22	probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.