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b3b94faa 1config GFS2_FS
b5ea3e1e 2 tristate "GFS2 file system support"
820969f3 3 depends on (64BIT || LBDAF)
b5ea3e1e 4 select FS_POSIX_ACL
fa2ecfc5 5 select CRC32
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6 select CRYPTO
7 select CRYPTO_CRC32C
cc632e7f 8 select QUOTACTL
aac1a55b 9 select FS_IOMAP
b5ea3e1e 10 help
9beeb9f3 11 A cluster filesystem.
b5ea3e1e 12
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13 Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device
14 that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads
15 and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses
16 a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so
17 filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of
18 GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one
19 machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster.
b3b94faa 20
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21 To use the GFS2 filesystem in a cluster, you will need to enable
22 the locking module below. Documentation and utilities for GFS2 can
9beeb9f3 23 be found here: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster
b3b94faa 24
f057f6cd 25 The "nolock" lock module is now built in to GFS2 by default. If
40b31360 26 you want to use the DLM, be sure to enable IPv4/6 networking.
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28config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM
f057f6cd 29 bool "GFS2 DLM locking"
97cc008a 30 depends on (GFS2_FS!=n) && NET && INET && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && \
40b31360 31 CONFIGFS_FS && SYSFS && (DLM=y || DLM=GFS2_FS)
b3b94faa 32 help
9beeb9f3 33 Multiple node locking module for GFS2
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f057f6cd 35 Most users of GFS2 will require this. It provides the locking
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36 interface between GFS2 and the DLM, which is required to use GFS2
37 in a cluster environment.