#
# Block layer core configuration
#
-#XXX - it makes sense to enable this only for 32-bit subarch's, not for x86_64
-#for instance.
+menuconfig BLOCK
+ bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED
+ default y
+ help
+ Provide block layer support for the kernel.
+
+ 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.
+
+if BLOCK
+
config LBD
bool "Support for Large Block Devices"
- depends on X86 || (MIPS && 32BIT) || PPC32 || (S390 && !64BIT) || SUPERH || UML
+ 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 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.
+
+ For example, RAID devices are frequently bigger than the capacity
+ of the largest individual hard drive.
+
+ This option is not required if you have individual disk drives
+ which total 2TB+ and you are not aggregating the capacity into
+ a large block device (e.g. using RAID or LVM).
+
+ 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://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+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 (2TB
+ and larger), otherwise 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
- git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/blktrace.git
+config BLOCK_COMPAT
+ bool
+ depends on BLOCK && COMPAT
+ default y
source block/Kconfig.iosched
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