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| b3b94faa | 1 | config GFS2_FS |
| b5ea3e1e | 2 | tristate "GFS2 file system support" |
| 0027ce68 | 3 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && (64BIT || LBD) |
| f057f6cd SW |
4 | select DLM if GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM |
| 5 | select CONFIGFS_FS if GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM | |
| 6 | select SYSFS if GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM | |
| 7 | select IP_SCTP if DLM_SCTP | |
| b5ea3e1e | 8 | select FS_POSIX_ACL |
| fa2ecfc5 | 9 | select CRC32 |
| b5ea3e1e | 10 | help |
| 9beeb9f3 | 11 | A cluster filesystem. |
| b5ea3e1e | 12 | |
| 9beeb9f3 RD |
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 | |
| 048bca22 SW |
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 SW |
25 | The "nolock" lock module is now built in to GFS2 by default. If |
| 26 | you want to use the DLM, be sure to enable HOTPLUG and IPv4/6 | |
| 27 | networking. | |
| b3b94faa DT |
28 | |
| 29 | config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM | |
| f057f6cd SW |
30 | bool "GFS2 DLM locking" |
| 31 | depends on (GFS2_FS!=n) && NET && INET && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && HOTPLUG | |
| b3b94faa | 32 | help |
| 9beeb9f3 | 33 | Multiple node locking module for GFS2 |
| b3b94faa | 34 | |
| f057f6cd | 35 | Most users of GFS2 will require this. It provides the locking |
| 9beeb9f3 RD |
36 | interface between GFS2 and the DLM, which is required to use GFS2 |
| 37 | in a cluster environment. |