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  1. #
  2. # Block device driver configuration
  3. #
  4. menuconfig BLK_DEV
  5. bool "Block devices"
  6. depends on BLOCK
  7. default y
  8. ---help---
  9. Say Y here to get to see options for various different block device
  10. drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
  11. If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled;
  12. only do this if you know what you are doing.
  13. if BLK_DEV
  14. config BLK_DEV_FD
  15. tristate "Normal floppy disk support"
  16. depends on ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
  17. ---help---
  18. If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
  19. say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
  20. Thinkpad users, is contained in <file:Documentation/floppy.txt>.
  21. That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
  22. well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
  23. parameters of the driver at run time.
  24. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  25. module will be called floppy.
  26. config AMIGA_FLOPPY
  27. tristate "Amiga floppy support"
  28. depends on AMIGA
  29. config ATARI_FLOPPY
  30. tristate "Atari floppy support"
  31. depends on ATARI
  32. config MAC_FLOPPY
  33. tristate "Support for PowerMac floppy"
  34. depends on PPC_PMAC && !PPC_PMAC64
  35. help
  36. If you have a SWIM-3 (Super Woz Integrated Machine 3; from Apple)
  37. floppy controller, say Y here. Most commonly found in PowerMacs.
  38. config BLK_DEV_PS2
  39. tristate "PS/2 ESDI hard disk support"
  40. depends on MCA && MCA_LEGACY && BROKEN
  41. help
  42. Say Y here if you have a PS/2 machine with a MCA bus and an ESDI
  43. hard disk.
  44. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  45. module will be called ps2esdi.
  46. config AMIGA_Z2RAM
  47. tristate "Amiga Zorro II ramdisk support"
  48. depends on ZORRO
  49. help
  50. This enables support for using Chip RAM and Zorro II RAM as a
  51. ramdisk or as a swap partition. Say Y if you want to include this
  52. driver in the kernel.
  53. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  54. module will be called z2ram.
  55. config BLK_DEV_XD
  56. tristate "XT hard disk support"
  57. depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
  58. select CHECK_SIGNATURE
  59. help
  60. Very old 8 bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer
  61. will be supported if you say Y here.
  62. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  63. module will be called xd.
  64. It's pretty unlikely that you have one of these: say N.
  65. config PARIDE
  66. tristate "Parallel port IDE device support"
  67. depends on PARPORT_PC
  68. ---help---
  69. There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through
  70. your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
  71. using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
  72. subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
  73. Read <file:Documentation/paride.txt> for more information.
  74. If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
  75. option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
  76. parallel port devices. Answer Y to build PARIDE support into your
  77. kernel, or M if you would like to build it as a loadable module. If
  78. your parallel port support is in a loadable module, you must build
  79. PARIDE as a module. If you built PARIDE support into your kernel,
  80. you may still build the individual protocol modules and high-level
  81. drivers as loadable modules. If you build this support as a module,
  82. it will be called paride.
  83. To use the PARIDE support, you must say Y or M here and also to at
  84. least one high-level driver (e.g. "Parallel port IDE disks",
  85. "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs", "Parallel port ATAPI disks" etc.) and
  86. to at least one protocol driver (e.g. "ATEN EH-100 protocol",
  87. "MicroSolutions backpack protocol", "DataStor Commuter protocol"
  88. etc.).
  89. source "drivers/block/paride/Kconfig"
  90. config BLK_CPQ_DA
  91. tristate "Compaq SMART2 support"
  92. depends on PCI && VIRT_TO_BUS
  93. help
  94. This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array controllers. Everyone
  95. using these boards should say Y here. See the file
  96. <file:Documentation/cpqarray.txt> for the current list of boards
  97. supported by this driver, and for further information on the use of
  98. this driver.
  99. config BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
  100. tristate "Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support"
  101. depends on PCI
  102. help
  103. This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
  104. Everyone using these boards should say Y here.
  105. See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for the current list of
  106. boards supported by this driver, and for further information
  107. on the use of this driver.
  108. config CISS_SCSI_TAPE
  109. bool "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx"
  110. depends on BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA && PROC_FS
  111. depends on SCSI=y || SCSI=BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
  112. help
  113. When enabled (Y), this option allows SCSI tape drives and SCSI medium
  114. changers (tape robots) to be accessed via a Compaq 5xxx array
  115. controller. (See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for more details.)
  116. "SCSI support" and "SCSI tape support" must also be enabled for this
  117. option to work.
  118. When this option is disabled (N), the SCSI portion of the driver
  119. is not compiled.
  120. config BLK_DEV_DAC960
  121. tristate "Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller support"
  122. depends on PCI
  123. help
  124. This driver adds support for the Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and
  125. eXtremeRAID PCI RAID controllers. See the file
  126. <file:Documentation/README.DAC960> for further information about
  127. this driver.
  128. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  129. module will be called DAC960.
  130. config BLK_DEV_UMEM
  131. tristate "Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  132. depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
  133. ---help---
  134. Saying Y here will include support for the MM5415 family of
  135. battery backed (Non-volatile) RAM cards.
  136. <http://www.umem.com/>
  137. The cards appear as block devices that can be partitioned into
  138. as many as 15 partitions.
  139. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  140. module will be called umem.
  141. The umem driver has not yet been allocated a MAJOR number, so
  142. one is chosen dynamically.
  143. config BLK_DEV_UBD
  144. bool "Virtual block device"
  145. depends on UML
  146. ---help---
  147. The User-Mode Linux port includes a driver called UBD which will let
  148. you access arbitrary files on the host computer as block devices.
  149. Unless you know that you do not need such virtual block devices say
  150. Y here.
  151. config BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC
  152. bool "Always do synchronous disk IO for UBD"
  153. depends on BLK_DEV_UBD
  154. ---help---
  155. Writes to the virtual block device are not immediately written to the
  156. host's disk; this may cause problems if, for example, the User-Mode
  157. Linux 'Virtual Machine' uses a journalling filesystem and the host
  158. computer crashes.
  159. Synchronous operation (i.e. always writing data to the host's disk
  160. immediately) is configurable on a per-UBD basis by using a special
  161. kernel command line option. Alternatively, you can say Y here to
  162. turn on synchronous operation by default for all block devices.
  163. If you're running a journalling file system (like reiserfs, for
  164. example) in your virtual machine, you will want to say Y here. If
  165. you care for the safety of the data in your virtual machine, Y is a
  166. wise choice too. In all other cases (for example, if you're just
  167. playing around with User-Mode Linux) you can choose N.
  168. config BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON
  169. bool
  170. default BLK_DEV_UBD
  171. config MMAPPER
  172. tristate "Example IO memory driver (BROKEN)"
  173. depends on UML && BROKEN
  174. ---help---
  175. The User-Mode Linux port can provide support for IO Memory
  176. emulation with this option. This allows a host file to be
  177. specified as an I/O region on the kernel command line. That file
  178. will be mapped into UML's kernel address space where a driver can
  179. locate it and do whatever it wants with the memory, including
  180. providing an interface to it for UML processes to use.
  181. For more information, see
  182. <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/iomem.html>.
  183. If you'd like to be able to provide a simulated IO port space for
  184. User-Mode Linux processes, say Y. If unsure, say N.
  185. config BLK_DEV_LOOP
  186. tristate "Loopback device support"
  187. ---help---
  188. Saying Y here will allow you to use a regular file as a block
  189. device; you can then create a file system on that block device and
  190. mount it just as you would mount other block devices such as hard
  191. drive partitions, CD-ROM drives or floppy drives. The loop devices
  192. are block special device files with major number 7 and typically
  193. called /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1 etc.
  194. This is useful if you want to check an ISO 9660 file system before
  195. burning the CD, or if you want to use floppy images without first
  196. writing them to floppy. Furthermore, some Linux distributions avoid
  197. the need for a dedicated Linux partition by keeping their complete
  198. root file system inside a DOS FAT file using this loop device
  199. driver.
  200. To use the loop device, you need the losetup utility, found in the
  201. util-linux package, see
  202. <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
  203. The loop device driver can also be used to "hide" a file system in
  204. a disk partition, floppy, or regular file, either using encryption
  205. (scrambling the data) or steganography (hiding the data in the low
  206. bits of, say, a sound file). This is also safe if the file resides
  207. on a remote file server.
  208. There are several ways of encrypting disks. Some of these require
  209. kernel patches. The vanilla kernel offers the cryptoloop option
  210. and a Device Mapper target (which is superior, as it supports all
  211. file systems). If you want to use the cryptoloop, say Y to both
  212. LOOP and CRYPTOLOOP, and make sure you have a recent (version 2.12
  213. or later) version of util-linux. Additionally, be aware that
  214. the cryptoloop is not safe for storing journaled filesystems.
  215. Note that this loop device has nothing to do with the loopback
  216. device used for network connections from the machine to itself.
  217. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  218. module will be called loop.
  219. Most users will answer N here.
  220. config BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP
  221. tristate "Cryptoloop Support"
  222. select CRYPTO
  223. select CRYPTO_CBC
  224. depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP
  225. ---help---
  226. Say Y here if you want to be able to use the ciphers that are
  227. provided by the CryptoAPI as loop transformation. This might be
  228. used as hard disk encryption.
  229. WARNING: This device is not safe for journaled file systems like
  230. ext3 or Reiserfs. Please use the Device Mapper crypto module
  231. instead, which can be configured to be on-disk compatible with the
  232. cryptoloop device.
  233. config BLK_DEV_NBD
  234. tristate "Network block device support"
  235. depends on NET
  236. ---help---
  237. Saying Y here will allow your computer to be a client for network
  238. block devices, i.e. it will be able to use block devices exported by
  239. servers (mount file systems on them etc.). Communication between
  240. client and server works over TCP/IP networking, but to the client
  241. program this is hidden: it looks like a regular local file access to
  242. a block device special file such as /dev/nd0.
  243. Network block devices also allows you to run a block-device in
  244. userland (making server and client physically the same computer,
  245. communicating using the loopback network device).
  246. Read <file:Documentation/nbd.txt> for more information, especially
  247. about where to find the server code, which runs in user space and
  248. does not need special kernel support.
  249. Note that this has nothing to do with the network file systems NFS
  250. or Coda; you can say N here even if you intend to use NFS or Coda.
  251. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  252. module will be called nbd.
  253. If unsure, say N.
  254. config BLK_DEV_SX8
  255. tristate "Promise SATA SX8 support"
  256. depends on PCI
  257. ---help---
  258. Saying Y or M here will enable support for the
  259. Promise SATA SX8 controllers.
  260. Use devices /dev/sx8/$N and /dev/sx8/$Np$M.
  261. config BLK_DEV_UB
  262. tristate "Low Performance USB Block driver"
  263. depends on USB
  264. help
  265. This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices
  266. such as flash keys.
  267. If you enable this driver, it is recommended to avoid conflicts
  268. with usb-storage by enabling USB_LIBUSUAL.
  269. If unsure, say N.
  270. config BLK_DEV_RAM
  271. tristate "RAM disk support"
  272. ---help---
  273. Saying Y here will allow you to use a portion of your RAM memory as
  274. a block device, so that you can make file systems on it, read and
  275. write to it and do all the other things that you can do with normal
  276. block devices (such as hard drives). It is usually used to load and
  277. store a copy of a minimal root file system off of a floppy into RAM
  278. during the initial install of Linux.
  279. Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now
  280. obsolete. For details, read <file:Documentation/ramdisk.txt>.
  281. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  282. module will be called rd.
  283. Most normal users won't need the RAM disk functionality, and can
  284. thus say N here.
  285. config BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT
  286. int "Default number of RAM disks"
  287. default "16"
  288. depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
  289. help
  290. The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what
  291. are doing. If you boot from a filesystem that needs to be extracted
  292. in memory, you will need at least one RAM disk (e.g. root on cramfs).
  293. config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
  294. int "Default RAM disk size (kbytes)"
  295. depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
  296. default "4096"
  297. help
  298. The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
  299. what are you doing.
  300. config BLK_DEV_RAM_BLOCKSIZE
  301. int "Default RAM disk block size (bytes)"
  302. depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
  303. default "1024"
  304. help
  305. The default value is 1024 bytes. PAGE_SIZE is a much more
  306. efficient choice however. The default is kept to ensure initrd
  307. setups function - apparently needed by the rd_load_image routine
  308. that supposes the filesystem in the image uses a 1024 blocksize.
  309. config CDROM_PKTCDVD
  310. tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media"
  311. depends on !UML
  312. help
  313. If you have a CDROM/DVD drive that supports packet writing, say
  314. Y to include support. It should work with any MMC/Mt Fuji
  315. compliant ATAPI or SCSI drive, which is just about any newer
  316. DVD/CD writer.
  317. Currently only writing to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVDRAM discs
  318. is possible.
  319. DVD-RW disks must be in restricted overwrite mode.
  320. See the file <file:Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt>
  321. for further information on the use of this driver.
  322. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  323. module will be called pktcdvd.
  324. config CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS
  325. int "Free buffers for data gathering"
  326. depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD
  327. default "8"
  328. help
  329. This controls the maximum number of active concurrent packets. More
  330. concurrent packets can increase write performance, but also require
  331. more memory. Each concurrent packet will require approximately 64Kb
  332. of non-swappable kernel memory, memory which will be allocated when
  333. a disc is opened for writing.
  334. config CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE
  335. bool "Enable write caching (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  336. depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD && EXPERIMENTAL
  337. help
  338. If enabled, write caching will be set for the CD-R/W device. For now
  339. this option is dangerous unless the CD-RW media is known good, as we
  340. don't do deferred write error handling yet.
  341. config ATA_OVER_ETH
  342. tristate "ATA over Ethernet support"
  343. depends on NET
  344. help
  345. This driver provides Support for ATA over Ethernet block
  346. devices like the Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage Blade.
  347. config SUNVDC
  348. tristate "Sun Virtual Disk Client support"
  349. depends on SUN_LDOMS
  350. help
  351. Support for virtual disk devices as a client under Sun
  352. Logical Domains.
  353. source "drivers/s390/block/Kconfig"
  354. config XILINX_SYSACE
  355. tristate "Xilinx SystemACE support"
  356. depends on 4xx
  357. help
  358. Include support for the Xilinx SystemACE CompactFlash interface
  359. config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
  360. tristate "Xen virtual block device support"
  361. depends on XEN
  362. default y
  363. help
  364. This driver implements the front-end of the Xen virtual
  365. block device driver. It communicates with a back-end driver
  366. in another domain which drives the actual block device.
  367. endif # BLK_DEV