[linux-2.6-block.git] / fs / autofs / Kconfig

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