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  # Block layer core configuration
  #

  menuconfig BLOCK

         bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED

         default y
         help

  	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.

  	 Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the
  	 kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices.
  
  	 If this option is disabled:
  
  	   - block device files will become unusable
  	   - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
  
  	 Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since
  	 they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities.

  
  	 Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and
  	 suchlike.
  
  if BLOCK

  config LBD

  	bool "Support for large block devices and files"

  	depends on !64BIT

  	help

  	  Enable block devices or files of size 2TB and larger.

  
  	  This option is required to support the full capacity of large
  	  (2TB+) block devices, including RAID, disk, Network Block Device,
  	  Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and loopback.

  	
  	  This option also enables support for single files larger than
  	  2TB.

  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
  	bool "Support for tracing block io actions"

  	depends on SYSFS

  	select RELAY
  	select DEBUG_FS

  	select TRACEPOINTS

  	help

  	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions

  	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening

  	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
  	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:

  	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git

  	  If unsure, say N.

  config BLK_DEV_BSG

  	bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"

  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL

  	---help---

  	  Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
  	  for any block device.
  
  	  Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
  	  can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
  	  with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
  	  protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
  	  Attached SCSI).
  
  	  If unsure, say N.

  config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
  	bool "Block layer data integrity support"
  	---help---
  	Some storage devices allow extra information to be
  	stored/retrieved to help protect the data.  The block layer
  	data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by
  	filesystems to ensure better data integrity.
  
  	Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the
  	T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
  	Protection.  If in doubt, say N.

  endif # BLOCK

  config BLOCK_COMPAT
  	bool

  	depends on BLOCK && COMPAT

  	default y

  source block/Kconfig.iosched