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1#
2# Block layer core configuration
3#
4menuconfig 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
24if BLOCK
25
26config LBD
27	bool "Support for large block devices and files"
28	depends on !64BIT
29	help
30	  Enable block devices or files 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	  This option also enables support for single files larger than
37	  2TB.
38
39	  If unsure, say N.
40
41config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
42	bool "Support for tracing block io actions"
43	depends on SYSFS
44	select RELAY
45	select DEBUG_FS
46	select TRACEPOINTS
47	help
48	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
49	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
50	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
51	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
52
53	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
54
55	  If unsure, say N.
56
57config BLK_DEV_BSG
58	bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
59	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
60	---help---
61	  Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
62	  for any block device.
63
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.
71
72config 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
84endif # BLOCK
85
86config BLOCK_COMPAT
87	bool
88	depends on BLOCK && COMPAT
89	default y
90
91source block/Kconfig.iosched
92