Jens Axboe | 3a65dfe | 2005-11-04 08:43:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # Block layer core configuration |
| 3 | # |
Jan Engelhardt | 16ed002 | 2007-07-10 12:24:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | menuconfig BLOCK |
Jens Axboe | 51d7513 | 2006-09-30 21:14:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED |
David Howells | 9361401 | 2006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | default y |
| 7 | help |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | Provide block layer support for the kernel. |
David Howells | 9361401 | 2006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |
David Howells | 9361401 | 2006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| 21 | Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and |
| 22 | suchlike. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | if BLOCK |
| 25 | |
Jens Axboe | 3a65dfe | 2005-11-04 08:43:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | config LBD |
Jens Axboe | b3a6ffe | 2008-12-12 09:51:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | bool "Support for large block devices and files" |
Matthew Wilcox | e624386 | 2006-12-04 03:38:31 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | depends on !64BIT |
Jens Axboe | 3a65dfe | 2005-11-04 08:43:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | help |
Jens Axboe | b3a6ffe | 2008-12-12 09:51:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | Enable block devices or files of size 2TB and larger. |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |
Jens Axboe | b3a6ffe | 2008-12-12 09:51:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | |
| 36 | This option also enables support for single files larger than |
| 37 | 2TB. |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | |
| 39 | If unsure, say N. |
Jens Axboe | 3a65dfe | 2005-11-04 08:43:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE |
| 42 | bool "Support for tracing block io actions" |
Jens Axboe | 09540e6 | 2006-03-26 14:32:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | depends on SYSFS |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | select RELAY |
| 45 | select DEBUG_FS |
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 5f3ea37 | 2008-10-30 08:34:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | select TRACEPOINTS |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | help |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace |
| 51 | support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | |
Jens Axboe | 75ce6fa | 2008-04-15 10:23:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git |
Jens Axboe | 2056a78 | 2006-03-23 20:00:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | If unsure, say N. |
| 56 | |
Jens Axboe | 3d6392c | 2007-07-09 12:38:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | config BLK_DEV_BSG |
FUJITA Tomonori | 319a7b7 | 2007-07-17 12:22:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
James Bottomley | 80ed71c | 2007-07-19 10:15:10 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
Jens Axboe | 3d6392c | 2007-07-09 12:38:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | ---help--- |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support |
| 62 | for any block device. |
FUJITA Tomonori | 319a7b7 | 2007-07-17 12:22:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
Nick Andrew | ee86418 | 2008-04-21 09:51:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4 |
| 65 | can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs |
| 66 | with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response |
| 67 | protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial |
| 68 | Attached SCSI). |
| 69 | |
| 70 | If unsure, say N. |
Jens Axboe | 3d6392c | 2007-07-09 12:38:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | |
Martin K. Petersen | 7ba1ba1 | 2008-06-30 20:04:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY |
| 73 | bool "Block layer data integrity support" |
| 74 | ---help--- |
| 75 | Some storage devices allow extra information to be |
| 76 | stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer |
| 77 | data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by |
| 78 | filesystems to ensure better data integrity. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the |
| 81 | T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path |
| 82 | Protection. If in doubt, say N. |
| 83 | |
Linus Torvalds | 2b9e0aa | 2007-10-12 17:58:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | endif # BLOCK |
| 85 | |
Jens Axboe | 99874d5 | 2007-10-12 12:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | config BLOCK_COMPAT |
| 87 | bool |
Linus Torvalds | 2b9e0aa | 2007-10-12 17:58:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | depends on BLOCK && COMPAT |
Jens Axboe | 99874d5 | 2007-10-12 12:50:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | default y |
| 90 | |
Jens Axboe | 3a65dfe | 2005-11-04 08:43:35 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | source block/Kconfig.iosched |