1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only <<
2 config AUTOFS_FS 1 config AUTOFS_FS
3 tristate "Kernel automounter support ( !! 2 tristate "Kernel automounter support"
4 help 3 help
5 The automounter is a tool to automa !! 4 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
6 on demand. This implementation is p !! 5 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
7 overhead in the already-mounted cas !! 6 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
8 automounter (amd), which is a pure !! 7 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
9 8
10 To use the automounter you need the !! 9 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from the autofs
11 <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/d !! 10 package; you can find the location in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
12 to answer Y to "NFS file system sup !! 11 You also want to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
13 12
14 To compile this support as a module !! 13 If you want to use the newer version of the automounter with more
15 called autofs. !! 14 features, say N here and say Y to "Kernel automounter v4 support",
>> 15 below.
16 16
17 If you are not a part of a fairly l !! 17 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
18 don't have a laptop which needs to !! 18 called autofs.
19 local network, you probably do not !! 19
20 N here. !! 20 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network, you
>> 21 probably do not need an automounter, and can say N here.
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