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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/Kconfig | 35 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig index 603f18a65c12..a2172f3f69e3 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ config CIFS support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as well. + The module also provides optional support for the followon + protocols for CIFS including SMB3, which enables + useful performance and security features (see the description + of CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2). + The cifs module provides an advanced network file system client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers. It includes support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user @@ -121,7 +126,8 @@ config CIFS_ACL depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS help Allows fetching CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server. The DACL blob - is handed over to the application/caller. + is handed over to the application/caller. See the man + page for getcifsacl for more information. config CIFS_DEBUG bool "Enable CIFS debugging routines" @@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT Allows NFS server to export a CIFS mounted share (nfsd over cifs) config CIFS_SMB2 - bool "SMB2 network file system support" + bool "SMB2 and SMB3 network file system support" depends on CIFS && INET select NLS select KEYS @@ -170,16 +176,21 @@ config CIFS_SMB2 select DNS_RESOLVER help - This enables experimental support for the SMB2 (Server Message Block - version 2) protocol. The SMB2 protocol is the successor to the - popular CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB2 is the - native file sharing mechanism for recent versions of Windows - operating systems (since Vista). SMB2 enablement will eventually - allow users better performance, security and features, than would be - possible with cifs. Note that smb2 mount options also are simpler - (compared to cifs) due to protocol improvements. - - Unless you are a developer or tester, say N. + This enables support for the Server Message Block version 2 + family of protocols, including SMB3. SMB3 support is + enabled on mount by specifying "vers=3.0" in the mount + options. These protocols are the successors to the popular + CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB3 is the + native file sharing mechanism for the more recent + versions of Windows (Windows 8 and Windows 2012 and + later) and Samba server and many others support SMB3 well. + In general SMB3 enables better performance, security + and features, than would be possible with CIFS (Note that + when mounting to Samba, due to the CIFS POSIX extensions, + CIFS mounts can provide slightly better POSIX compatibility + than SMB3 mounts do though). Note that SMB2/SMB3 mount + options are also slightly simpler (compared to CIFS) due + to protocol improvements. config CIFS_FSCACHE bool "Provide CIFS client caching support" |
