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| author | Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <paulo@paulo.ac> | 2019-07-17 01:04:50 +0300 |
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| committer | Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> | 2019-09-16 19:43:38 +0300 |
| commit | 8eecd1c2e5bc73d33f3a544751305679dbf88eb4 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f908c5e60132624f86d3565d468a18ddd066d42 /fs/cifs/Kconfig | |
| parent | 0892ba693f304ce3e9ca1f0a64a5cfc051454996 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8eecd1c2e5bc73d33f3a544751305679dbf88eb4.tar.xz | |
cifs: Add support for root file systems
Introduce a new CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT option to handle root file systems
over a SMB share.
In order to mount the root file system during the init process, make
cifs.ko perform non-blocking socket operations while mounting and
accessing it.
Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <paulo@paulo.ac>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/Kconfig | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig index b16219e5dac9..99a22e57660e 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig @@ -211,3 +211,11 @@ config CIFS_FSCACHE Makes CIFS FS-Cache capable. Say Y here if you want your CIFS data to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache manager. If unsure, say N. + +config CIFS_ROOT + bool "SMB root file system (Experimental)" + depends on CIFS=y && IP_PNP + help + Enables root file system support over SMB protocol. + + Most people say N here. |