X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2Fdrivers%2Fblock%2FKconfig;fp=kernel%2Fdrivers%2Fblock%2FKconfig;h=3ccef9eba6f9dc53cecb785c23582cbdeb3b8618;hb=9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=98260f3884f4a202f9ca5eabed40b1354c489b29;p=kvmfornfv.git diff --git a/kernel/drivers/block/Kconfig b/kernel/drivers/block/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ccef9eba --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,573 @@ +# +# Block device driver configuration +# + +menuconfig BLK_DEV + bool "Block devices" + depends on BLOCK + default y + ---help--- + Say Y here to get to see options for various different block device + drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code. + + If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled; + only do this if you know what you are doing. + +if BLK_DEV + +config BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK + tristate "Null test block driver" + +config BLK_DEV_FD + tristate "Normal floppy disk support" + depends on ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC + ---help--- + If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux, + say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM + Thinkpad users, is contained in + . + That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as + well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional + parameters of the driver at run time. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called floppy. + +config AMIGA_FLOPPY + tristate "Amiga floppy support" + depends on AMIGA + +config ATARI_FLOPPY + tristate "Atari floppy support" + depends on ATARI + +config MAC_FLOPPY + tristate "Support for PowerMac floppy" + depends on PPC_PMAC && !PPC_PMAC64 + help + If you have a SWIM-3 (Super Woz Integrated Machine 3; from Apple) + floppy controller, say Y here. Most commonly found in PowerMacs. + +config BLK_DEV_SWIM + tristate "Support for SWIM Macintosh floppy" + depends on M68K && MAC + help + You should select this option if you want floppy support + and you don't have a II, IIfx, Q900, Q950 or AV series. + +config AMIGA_Z2RAM + tristate "Amiga Zorro II ramdisk support" + depends on ZORRO + help + This enables support for using Chip RAM and Zorro II RAM as a + ramdisk or as a swap partition. Say Y if you want to include this + driver in the kernel. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called z2ram. + +config GDROM + tristate "SEGA Dreamcast GD-ROM drive" + depends on SH_DREAMCAST + help + A standard SEGA Dreamcast comes with a modified CD ROM drive called a + "GD-ROM" by SEGA to signify it is capable of reading special disks + with up to 1 GB of data. This drive will also read standard CD ROM + disks. Select this option to access any disks in your GD ROM drive. + Most users will want to say "Y" here. + You can also build this as a module which will be called gdrom. + +config PARIDE + tristate "Parallel port IDE device support" + depends on PARPORT_PC + ---help--- + There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through + your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices + using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE + subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives. + Read for more information. + + If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration + option, you may share a single port between your printer and other + parallel port devices. Answer Y to build PARIDE support into your + kernel, or M if you would like to build it as a loadable module. If + your parallel port support is in a loadable module, you must build + PARIDE as a module. If you built PARIDE support into your kernel, + you may still build the individual protocol modules and high-level + drivers as loadable modules. If you build this support as a module, + it will be called paride. + + To use the PARIDE support, you must say Y or M here and also to at + least one high-level driver (e.g. "Parallel port IDE disks", + "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs", "Parallel port ATAPI disks" etc.) and + to at least one protocol driver (e.g. "ATEN EH-100 protocol", + "MicroSolutions backpack protocol", "DataStor Commuter protocol" + etc.). + +source "drivers/block/paride/Kconfig" + +source "drivers/block/mtip32xx/Kconfig" + +source "drivers/block/zram/Kconfig" + +config BLK_CPQ_DA + tristate "Compaq SMART2 support" + depends on PCI && VIRT_TO_BUS && 0 + help + This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array controllers. Everyone + using these boards should say Y here. See the file + for the current list of + boards supported by this driver, and for further information on the + use of this driver. + +config BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA + tristate "Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support" + depends on PCI + select CHECK_SIGNATURE + help + This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers. + Everyone using these boards should say Y here. + See for the current list of + boards supported by this driver, and for further information + on the use of this driver. + +config CISS_SCSI_TAPE + bool "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" + depends on BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA && PROC_FS + depends on SCSI=y || SCSI=BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA + help + When enabled (Y), this option allows SCSI tape drives and SCSI medium + changers (tape robots) to be accessed via a Compaq 5xxx array + controller. (See for more details.) + + "SCSI support" and "SCSI tape support" must also be enabled for this + option to work. + + When this option is disabled (N), the SCSI portion of the driver + is not compiled. + +config BLK_DEV_DAC960 + tristate "Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller support" + depends on PCI + help + This driver adds support for the Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and + eXtremeRAID PCI RAID controllers. See the file + for further information + about this driver. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called DAC960. + +config BLK_DEV_UMEM + tristate "Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support" + depends on PCI + ---help--- + Saying Y here will include support for the MM5415 family of + battery backed (Non-volatile) RAM cards. + + + The cards appear as block devices that can be partitioned into + as many as 15 partitions. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called umem. + + The umem driver has not yet been allocated a MAJOR number, so + one is chosen dynamically. + +config BLK_DEV_UBD + bool "Virtual block device" + depends on UML + ---help--- + The User-Mode Linux port includes a driver called UBD which will let + you access arbitrary files on the host computer as block devices. + Unless you know that you do not need such virtual block devices say + Y here. + +config BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC + bool "Always do synchronous disk IO for UBD" + depends on BLK_DEV_UBD + ---help--- + Writes to the virtual block device are not immediately written to the + host's disk; this may cause problems if, for example, the User-Mode + Linux 'Virtual Machine' uses a journalling filesystem and the host + computer crashes. + + Synchronous operation (i.e. always writing data to the host's disk + immediately) is configurable on a per-UBD basis by using a special + kernel command line option. Alternatively, you can say Y here to + turn on synchronous operation by default for all block devices. + + If you're running a journalling file system (like reiserfs, for + example) in your virtual machine, you will want to say Y here. If + you care for the safety of the data in your virtual machine, Y is a + wise choice too. In all other cases (for example, if you're just + playing around with User-Mode Linux) you can choose N. + +config BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON + bool + default BLK_DEV_UBD + +config BLK_DEV_LOOP + tristate "Loopback device support" + ---help--- + Saying Y here will allow you to use a regular file as a block + device; you can then create a file system on that block device and + mount it just as you would mount other block devices such as hard + drive partitions, CD-ROM drives or floppy drives. The loop devices + are block special device files with major number 7 and typically + called /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1 etc. + + This is useful if you want to check an ISO 9660 file system before + burning the CD, or if you want to use floppy images without first + writing them to floppy. Furthermore, some Linux distributions avoid + the need for a dedicated Linux partition by keeping their complete + root file system inside a DOS FAT file using this loop device + driver. + + To use the loop device, you need the losetup utility, found in the + util-linux package, see + . + + The loop device driver can also be used to "hide" a file system in + a disk partition, floppy, or regular file, either using encryption + (scrambling the data) or steganography (hiding the data in the low + bits of, say, a sound file). This is also safe if the file resides + on a remote file server. + + There are several ways of encrypting disks. Some of these require + kernel patches. The vanilla kernel offers the cryptoloop option + and a Device Mapper target (which is superior, as it supports all + file systems). If you want to use the cryptoloop, say Y to both + LOOP and CRYPTOLOOP, and make sure you have a recent (version 2.12 + or later) version of util-linux. Additionally, be aware that + the cryptoloop is not safe for storing journaled filesystems. + + Note that this loop device has nothing to do with the loopback + device used for network connections from the machine to itself. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called loop. + + Most users will answer N here. + +config BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT + int "Number of loop devices to pre-create at init time" + depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP + default 8 + help + Static number of loop devices to be unconditionally pre-created + at init time. + + This default value can be overwritten on the kernel command + line or with module-parameter loop.max_loop. + + The historic default is 8. If a late 2011 version of losetup(8) + is used, it can be set to 0, since needed loop devices can be + dynamically allocated with the /dev/loop-control interface. + +config BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP + tristate "Cryptoloop Support" + select CRYPTO + select CRYPTO_CBC + depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP + ---help--- + Say Y here if you want to be able to use the ciphers that are + provided by the CryptoAPI as loop transformation. This might be + used as hard disk encryption. + + WARNING: This device is not safe for journaled file systems like + ext3 or Reiserfs. Please use the Device Mapper crypto module + instead, which can be configured to be on-disk compatible with the + cryptoloop device. + +source "drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig" + +config BLK_DEV_NBD + tristate "Network block device support" + depends on NET + ---help--- + Saying Y here will allow your computer to be a client for network + block devices, i.e. it will be able to use block devices exported by + servers (mount file systems on them etc.). Communication between + client and server works over TCP/IP networking, but to the client + program this is hidden: it looks like a regular local file access to + a block device special file such as /dev/nd0. + + Network block devices also allows you to run a block-device in + userland (making server and client physically the same computer, + communicating using the loopback network device). + + Read for more information, + especially about where to find the server code, which runs in user + space and does not need special kernel support. + + Note that this has nothing to do with the network file systems NFS + or Coda; you can say N here even if you intend to use NFS or Coda. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called nbd. + + If unsure, say N. + +config BLK_DEV_NVME + tristate "NVM Express block device" + depends on PCI + ---help--- + The NVM Express driver is for solid state drives directly + connected to the PCI or PCI Express bus. If you know you + don't have one of these, it is safe to answer N. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called nvme. + +config BLK_DEV_SKD + tristate "STEC S1120 Block Driver" + depends on PCI + depends on 64BIT + ---help--- + Saying Y or M here will enable support for the + STEC, Inc. S1120 PCIe SSD. + + Use device /dev/skd$N amd /dev/skd$Np$M. + +config BLK_DEV_OSD + tristate "OSD object-as-blkdev support" + depends on SCSI_OSD_ULD + ---help--- + Saying Y or M here will allow the exporting of a single SCSI + OSD (object-based storage) object as a Linux block device. + + For example, if you create a 2G object on an OSD device, + you can then use this module to present that 2G object as + a Linux block device. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called osdblk. + + If unsure, say N. + +config BLK_DEV_SX8 + tristate "Promise SATA SX8 support" + depends on PCI + ---help--- + Saying Y or M here will enable support for the + Promise SATA SX8 controllers. + + Use devices /dev/sx8/$N and /dev/sx8/$Np$M. + +config BLK_DEV_RAM + tristate "RAM block device support" + ---help--- + Saying Y here will allow you to use a portion of your RAM memory as + a block device, so that you can make file systems on it, read and + write to it and do all the other things that you can do with normal + block devices (such as hard drives). It is usually used to load and + store a copy of a minimal root file system off of a floppy into RAM + during the initial install of Linux. + + Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now obsolete. + For details, read . + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called brd. An alias "rd" has been defined + for historical reasons. + + Most normal users won't need the RAM disk functionality, and can + thus say N here. + +config BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT + int "Default number of RAM disks" + default "16" + depends on BLK_DEV_RAM + help + The default value is 16 RAM disks. Change this if you know what you + are doing. If you boot from a filesystem that needs to be extracted + in memory, you will need at least one RAM disk (e.g. root on cramfs). + +config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE + int "Default RAM disk size (kbytes)" + depends on BLK_DEV_RAM + default "4096" + help + The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know + what you are doing. + +config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX + bool "Support Direct Access (DAX) to RAM block devices" + depends on BLK_DEV_RAM && FS_DAX + default n + help + Support filesystems using DAX to access RAM block devices. This + avoids double-buffering data in the page cache before copying it + to the block device. Answering Y will slightly enlarge the kernel, + and will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being + allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems). + +config BLK_DEV_PMEM + tristate "Persistent memory block device support" + depends on HAS_IOMEM + help + Saying Y here will allow you to use a contiguous range of reserved + memory as one or more persistent block devices. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be + called 'pmem'. + + If unsure, say N. + +config CDROM_PKTCDVD + tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media" + depends on !UML + help + If you have a CDROM/DVD drive that supports packet writing, say + Y to include support. It should work with any MMC/Mt Fuji + compliant ATAPI or SCSI drive, which is just about any newer + DVD/CD writer. + + Currently only writing to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVDRAM discs + is possible. + DVD-RW disks must be in restricted overwrite mode. + + See the file + for further information on the use of this driver. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called pktcdvd. + +config CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS + int "Free buffers for data gathering" + depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD + default "8" + help + This controls the maximum number of active concurrent packets. More + concurrent packets can increase write performance, but also require + more memory. Each concurrent packet will require approximately 64Kb + of non-swappable kernel memory, memory which will be allocated when + a disc is opened for writing. + +config CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE + bool "Enable write caching" + depends on CDROM_PKTCDVD + help + If enabled, write caching will be set for the CD-R/W device. For now + this option is dangerous unless the CD-RW media is known good, as we + don't do deferred write error handling yet. + +config ATA_OVER_ETH + tristate "ATA over Ethernet support" + depends on NET + help + This driver provides Support for ATA over Ethernet block + devices like the Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage Blade. + +config MG_DISK + tristate "mGine mflash, gflash support" + depends on ARM && GPIOLIB + help + mGine mFlash(gFlash) block device driver + +config MG_DISK_RES + int "Size of reserved area before MBR" + depends on MG_DISK + default 0 + help + Define size of reserved area that usually used for boot. Unit is KB. + All of the block device operation will be taken this value as start + offset + Examples: + 1024 => 1 MB + +config SUNVDC + tristate "Sun Virtual Disk Client support" + depends on SUN_LDOMS + help + Support for virtual disk devices as a client under Sun + Logical Domains. + +source "drivers/s390/block/Kconfig" + +config XILINX_SYSACE + tristate "Xilinx SystemACE support" + depends on 4xx || MICROBLAZE + help + Include support for the Xilinx SystemACE CompactFlash interface + +config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND + tristate "Xen virtual block device support" + depends on XEN + default y + select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND + help + This driver implements the front-end of the Xen virtual + block device driver. It communicates with a back-end driver + in another domain which drives the actual block device. + +config XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND + tristate "Xen block-device backend driver" + depends on XEN_BACKEND + help + The block-device backend driver allows the kernel to export its + block devices to other guests via a high-performance shared-memory + interface. + + The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the + CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. + + The backend driver attaches itself to a any block device specified + in the XenBus configuration. There are no limits to what the block + device as long as it has a major and minor. + + If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen block backend driver + domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To + compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module + will be called xen-blkback. + + +config VIRTIO_BLK + tristate "Virtio block driver" + depends on VIRTIO + ---help--- + This is the virtual block driver for virtio. It can be used with + lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. + +config BLK_DEV_HD + bool "Very old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" + depends on HAVE_IDE + depends on !ARM || ARCH_RPC || BROKEN + help + This is a very old hard disk driver that lacks the enhanced + functionality of the newer ones. + + It is required for systems with ancient MFM/RLL/ESDI drives. + + If unsure, say N. + +config BLK_DEV_RBD + tristate "Rados block device (RBD)" + depends on INET && BLOCK + select CEPH_LIB + select LIBCRC32C + select CRYPTO_AES + select CRYPTO + default n + help + Say Y here if you want include the Rados block device, which stripes + a block device over objects stored in the Ceph distributed object + store. + + More information at http://ceph.newdream.net/. + + If unsure, say N. + +config BLK_DEV_RSXX + tristate "IBM Flash Adapter 900GB Full Height PCIe Device Driver" + depends on PCI + help + Device driver for IBM's high speed PCIe SSD + storage device: Flash Adapter 900GB Full Height. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the + module will be called rsxx. + +endif # BLK_DEV