X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=block%2FKconfig;h=0cbb3b88b59afe7c89d2c71c042b18dda818759e;hb=fb144adc517d9ebe8fd8d98a5696fb68ec91e1f5;hp=1d16b08e15063e97d17d3c519deecc3395e2ff3c;hpb=58ff411e0d21592565ac9ab34f33a434f26e018b;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig index 1d16b08..0cbb3b8 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig +++ b/block/Kconfig @@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ menuconfig BLOCK bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED default y help - This permits the block layer to be removed from the kernel if it's not - needed (on some embedded devices for example). If this option is - disabled, then blockdev files will become unusable and some - filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable. + Provide block layer support for the kernel. - This option will also disable SCSI character devices and USB storage - since they make use of various block layer definitions and - facilities. + Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the + kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices. + + If this option is disabled: + + - block device files will become unusable + - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable. + + Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since + they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities. Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and suchlike. @@ -20,43 +24,74 @@ menuconfig BLOCK if BLOCK config LBD - bool "Support for Large Block Devices" + bool "Support for large block devices and files" depends on !64BIT help - Say Y here if you want to attach large (bigger than 2TB) discs to - your machine, or if you want to have a raid or loopback device - bigger than 2TB. Otherwise say N. + Enable block devices or files of size 2TB and larger. + + This option is required to support the full capacity of large + (2TB+) block devices, including RAID, disk, Network Block Device, + Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and loopback. + + This option also enables support for single files larger than + 2TB. + + The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in + order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature + enabled. Otherwise, it will refuse to mount any filesystems + that use the huge_file feature, which is enabled by default + by mke2fs.ext4. The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature. + + If unsure, say N. config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE bool "Support for tracing block io actions" depends on SYSFS select RELAY select DEBUG_FS + select TRACEPOINTS help - Say Y here, if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions + Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening - on a block device queue. For more information (and the user space - support tools needed), fetch the blktrace app from: + on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace + support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: - git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/blktrace.git + git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git -config LSF - bool "Support for Large Single Files" - depends on !64BIT - help - Say Y here if you want to be able to handle very large files (bigger - than 2TB), otherwise say N. + If unsure, say N. - If unsure, say Y. +config BLK_DEV_BSG + bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + ---help--- + Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support + for any block device. + + Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4 + can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs + with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response + protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial + Attached SCSI). + + If unsure, say N. + +config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY + bool "Block layer data integrity support" + ---help--- + Some storage devices allow extra information to be + stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer + data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by + filesystems to ensure better data integrity. + + Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the + T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path + Protection. If in doubt, say N. endif # BLOCK -config BLK_DEV_BSG - bool "Block layer SG support" - depends on SCSI && EXPERIMENTAL +config BLOCK_COMPAT + bool + depends on BLOCK && COMPAT default y - ---help--- - Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 - support for any block device. source block/Kconfig.iosched