1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 config AUTOFS_FS 2 config AUTOFS_FS
3 tristate "Kernel automounter support ( 3 tristate "Kernel automounter support (supports v3, v4 and v5)"
4 help 4 help
5 The automounter is a tool to automa 5 The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
6 on demand. This implementation is p 6 on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
7 overhead in the already-mounted cas 7 overhead in the already-mounted case; this is unlike the BSD
8 automounter (amd), which is a pure 8 automounter (amd), which is a pure user space daemon.
9 9
10 To use the automounter you need the 10 To use the automounter you need the user-space tools from
11 <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/d 11 <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/>; you also want
12 to answer Y to "NFS file system sup 12 to answer Y to "NFS file system support", below.
13 13
14 To compile this support as a module 14 To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be
15 called autofs. 15 called autofs.
16 16
17 If you are not a part of a fairly l 17 If you are not a part of a fairly large, distributed network or
18 don't have a laptop which needs to 18 don't have a laptop which needs to dynamically reconfigure to the
19 local network, you probably do not 19 local network, you probably do not need an automounter, and can say
20 N here. 20 N here.
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