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1 | # |
2 | # Block layer core configuration | |
3 | # | |
16ed002f | 4 | menuconfig BLOCK |
51d7513a | 5 | bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED |
9361401e DH |
6 | default y |
7 | help | |
ee86418d | 8 | Provide block layer support for the kernel. |
9361401e | 9 | |
ee86418d NA |
10 | Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the |
11 | kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices. | |
12 | ||
13 | If this option is disabled: | |
14 | ||
15 | - block device files will become unusable | |
16 | - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable. | |
17 | ||
18 | Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since | |
19 | they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities. | |
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20 | |
21 | Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and | |
22 | suchlike. | |
23 | ||
24 | if BLOCK | |
25 | ||
3a65dfe8 JA |
26 | config LBD |
27 | bool "Support for Large Block Devices" | |
e6243863 | 28 | depends on !64BIT |
3a65dfe8 | 29 | help |
ee86418d NA |
30 | Enable block devices of size 2TB and larger. |
31 | ||
32 | This option is required to support the full capacity of large | |
33 | (2TB+) block devices, including RAID, disk, Network Block Device, | |
34 | Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and loopback. | |
35 | ||
36 | For example, RAID devices are frequently bigger than the capacity | |
37 | of the largest individual hard drive. | |
38 | ||
39 | This option is not required if you have individual disk drives | |
40 | which total 2TB+ and you are not aggregating the capacity into | |
41 | a large block device (e.g. using RAID or LVM). | |
42 | ||
43 | If unsure, say N. | |
3a65dfe8 | 44 | |
2056a782 JA |
45 | config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE |
46 | bool "Support for tracing block io actions" | |
09540e69 | 47 | depends on SYSFS |
2056a782 JA |
48 | select RELAY |
49 | select DEBUG_FS | |
50 | help | |
ee86418d | 51 | Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions |
2056a782 | 52 | on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening |
ee86418d NA |
53 | on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace |
54 | support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: | |
2056a782 | 55 | |
75ce6fac | 56 | git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git |
2056a782 | 57 | |
ee86418d NA |
58 | If unsure, say N. |
59 | ||
a0f62ac6 TS |
60 | config LSF |
61 | bool "Support for Large Single Files" | |
e6243863 | 62 | depends on !64BIT |
a0f62ac6 | 63 | help |
ee86418d NA |
64 | Say Y here if you want to be able to handle very large files (2TB |
65 | and larger), otherwise say N. | |
88b9adb0 TM |
66 | |
67 | If unsure, say Y. | |
a0f62ac6 | 68 | |
3d6392cf | 69 | config BLK_DEV_BSG |
319a7b7f | 70 | bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
80ed71ce | 71 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
3d6392cf | 72 | ---help--- |
ee86418d NA |
73 | Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support |
74 | for any block device. | |
75 | ||
76 | Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4 | |
77 | can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs | |
78 | with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response | |
79 | protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial | |
80 | Attached SCSI). | |
81 | ||
82 | If unsure, say N. | |
3d6392cf | 83 | |
7ba1ba12 MP |
84 | config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY |
85 | bool "Block layer data integrity support" | |
86 | ---help--- | |
87 | Some storage devices allow extra information to be | |
88 | stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer | |
89 | data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by | |
90 | filesystems to ensure better data integrity. | |
91 | ||
92 | Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the | |
93 | T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path | |
94 | Protection. If in doubt, say N. | |
95 | ||
2b9e0aae LT |
96 | endif # BLOCK |
97 | ||
99874d50 JA |
98 | config BLOCK_COMPAT |
99 | bool | |
2b9e0aae | 100 | depends on BLOCK && COMPAT |
99874d50 JA |
101 | default y |
102 | ||
3a65dfe8 | 103 | source block/Kconfig.iosched |