From: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com> SMB Direct is a protocol for transferring SMB packets over RDMA. It was introduced with Windows Serer 2012 and SMB 3.0.
With CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT=y, SMB Direct code is built as part of CIFS. Signed-off-by: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com> --- fs/cifs/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig index f724361..8d05fff 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig @@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ config CIFS_SMB311 This dialect includes improved security negotiation features. If unsure, say N +config CIFS_SMB_DIRECT + bool "SMB Direct support (Experimental)" + depends on CIFS && INFINIBAND + help + Enables SMB Direct experimental support for SMB 3.0, 3.02 and 3.1.1. + SMB Direct allows transferring SMB packets over RDMA. If unsure, + say N. + config CIFS_FSCACHE bool "Provide CIFS client caching support" depends on CIFS=m && FSCACHE || CIFS=y && FSCACHE=y -- 2.7.4