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1 | # | |
2 | # Block layer core configuration | |
3 | # | |
4 | menuconfig BLOCK | |
5 | bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED | |
6 | default y | |
7 | help | |
8 | Provide block layer support for the kernel. | |
9 | ||
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. | |
20 | ||
21 | Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and | |
22 | suchlike. | |
23 | ||
24 | if BLOCK | |
25 | ||
26 | config LBD | |
27 | bool "Support for large block devices and files" | |
28 | depends on !64BIT | |
29 | default y | |
30 | help | |
31 | Enable block devices or files of size 2TB and larger. | |
32 | ||
33 | This option is required to support the full capacity of large | |
34 | (2TB+) block devices, including RAID, disk, Network Block Device, | |
35 | Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and loopback. | |
36 | ||
37 | This option also enables support for single files larger than | |
38 | 2TB. | |
39 | ||
40 | The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in | |
41 | order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature | |
42 | enabled. Otherwise, it will refuse to mount in the read-write | |
43 | mode any filesystems that use the huge_file feature, which is | |
44 | enabled by default by mke2fs.ext4. | |
45 | ||
46 | The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature. | |
47 | ||
48 | If unsure, say Y. | |
49 | ||
50 | config BLK_DEV_BSG | |
51 | bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)" | |
52 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL | |
53 | ---help--- | |
54 | Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support | |
55 | for any block device. | |
56 | ||
57 | Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4 | |
58 | can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs | |
59 | with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response | |
60 | protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial | |
61 | Attached SCSI). | |
62 | ||
63 | If unsure, say N. | |
64 | ||
65 | config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY | |
66 | bool "Block layer data integrity support" | |
67 | ---help--- | |
68 | Some storage devices allow extra information to be | |
69 | stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer | |
70 | data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by | |
71 | filesystems to ensure better data integrity. | |
72 | ||
73 | Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the | |
74 | T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path | |
75 | Protection. If in doubt, say N. | |
76 | ||
77 | endif # BLOCK | |
78 | ||
79 | config BLOCK_COMPAT | |
80 | bool | |
81 | depends on BLOCK && COMPAT | |
82 | default y | |
83 | ||
84 | source block/Kconfig.iosched |