1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 config CODA_FS 2 config CODA_FS
3 tristate "Coda file system support (ad 3 tristate "Coda file system support (advanced network fs)"
4 depends on INET 4 depends on INET
5 help 5 help
6 Coda is an advanced network file sys 6 Coda is an advanced network file system, similar to NFS in that it
7 enables you to mount file systems of 7 enables you to mount file systems of a remote server and access them
8 with regular Unix commands as if the 8 with regular Unix commands as if they were sitting on your hard
9 disk. Coda has several advantages o 9 disk. Coda has several advantages over NFS: support for
10 disconnected operation (e.g. for lap 10 disconnected operation (e.g. for laptops), read/write server
11 replication, security model for auth 11 replication, security model for authentication and encryption,
12 persistent client caches and write b 12 persistent client caches and write back caching.
13 13
14 If you say Y here, your Linux box wi 14 If you say Y here, your Linux box will be able to act as a Coda
15 *client*. You will need user level 15 *client*. You will need user level code as well, both for the
16 client and server. Servers are curr 16 client and server. Servers are currently user level, i.e. they need
17 no kernel support. Please read 17 no kernel support. Please read
18 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda 18 <file:Documentation/filesystems/coda.rst> and check out the Coda
19 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.ed 19 home page <http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/>.
20 20
21 To compile the coda client support a 21 To compile the coda client support as a module, choose M here: the
22 module will be called coda. 22 module will be called coda.
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