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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-04-28 00:16:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-05-05 18:22:21 +0300 |
| commit | 175cc46f4d667a9073270a32f40212d871c18955 (patch) | |
| tree | 58439c6ad61f17df45db69ef1354fa225adc2a6b /Documentation/filesystems/cifs | |
| parent | 0e822145b564204cd5e9dd67a7fd37d4a7b8253b (diff) | |
| download | linux-175cc46f4d667a9073270a32f40212d871c18955.tar.xz | |
docs: filesystems: convert cifs/cifsroot.txt to ReST
- Add a SPDX header;
- Adjust document title;
- Some whitespace fixes and new line breaks;
- Mark literal blocks as such;
- Add it to filesystems/index.rst.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/28de01ee52283287e4195cf736d7154f122d30d4.1588021877.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/cifs')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.txt) | 56 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst index 947b7ec6ce9e..4930bb443134 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.rst @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=========================================== Mounting root file system via SMB (cifs.ko) =========================================== Written 2019 by Paulo Alcantara <palcantara@suse.de> + Written 2019 by Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@suse.com> The CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT option enables experimental root file system @@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ Server configuration ==================== To enable SMB1+UNIX extensions you will need to set these global -settings in Samba smb.conf: +settings in Samba smb.conf:: [global] server min protocol = NT1 @@ -41,12 +45,16 @@ settings in Samba smb.conf: Kernel command line =================== -root=/dev/cifs +:: + + root=/dev/cifs This is just a virtual device that basically tells the kernel to mount the root file system via SMB protocol. -cifsroot=//<server-ip>/<share>[,options] +:: + + cifsroot=//<server-ip>/<share>[,options] Enables the kernel to mount the root file system via SMB that are located in the <server-ip> and <share> specified in this option. @@ -65,33 +73,33 @@ options Examples ======== -Export root file system as a Samba share in smb.conf file. +Export root file system as a Samba share in smb.conf file:: -... -[linux] - path = /path/to/rootfs - read only = no - guest ok = yes - force user = root - force group = root - browseable = yes - writeable = yes - admin users = root - public = yes - create mask = 0777 - directory mask = 0777 -... + ... + [linux] + path = /path/to/rootfs + read only = no + guest ok = yes + force user = root + force group = root + browseable = yes + writeable = yes + admin users = root + public = yes + create mask = 0777 + directory mask = 0777 + ... -Restart smb service. +Restart smb service:: -# systemctl restart smb + # systemctl restart smb Test it under QEMU on a kernel built with CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT and -CONFIG_IP_PNP options enabled. +CONFIG_IP_PNP options enabled:: -# qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 \ - -kernel /path/to/linux/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -nographic \ - -append "root=/dev/cifs rw ip=dhcp cifsroot=//10.0.2.2/linux,username=foo,password=bar console=ttyS0 3" + # qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 \ + -kernel /path/to/linux/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -nographic \ + -append "root=/dev/cifs rw ip=dhcp cifsroot=//10.0.2.2/linux,username=foo,password=bar console=ttyS0 3" 1: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions |