2 # Block device driver configuration
6 bool "Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)"
10 Support multiple physical spindles through a single logical device.
11 Required for RAID and logical volume management.
16 tristate "RAID support"
18 This driver lets you combine several hard disk partitions into one
19 logical block device. This can be used to simply append one
20 partition to another one or to combine several redundant hard disks
21 into a RAID1/4/5 device so as to provide protection against hard
22 disk failures. This is called "Software RAID" since the combining of
23 the partitions is done by the kernel. "Hardware RAID" means that the
24 combining is done by a dedicated controller; if you have such a
25 controller, you do not need to say Y here.
27 More information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
28 Software RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
29 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also learn
30 where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
35 bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot"
36 depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y
39 If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid
40 arrays as part of its boot process.
42 If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause
43 a several-second delay in the boot time due to various
44 synchronisation steps that are part of this step.
49 tristate "Linear (append) mode"
52 If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to
53 use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk
54 partitions by simply appending one to the other.
56 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
57 will be called linear.
62 tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode"
65 If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to
66 use the so-called raid0 mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk
67 partitions into one logical device in such a fashion as to fill them
68 up evenly, one chunk here and one chunk there. This will increase
69 the throughput rate if the partitions reside on distinct disks.
71 Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
72 Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
73 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also
74 learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
76 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
82 tristate "RAID-1 (mirroring) mode"
85 A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies
86 of each other. In the event of a mirror failure, the RAID driver
87 will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing
88 an error free MD (multiple device) to the higher levels of the
89 kernel. In a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity
90 of a single drive, and the set protects against a failure of (N - 1)
93 Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
94 Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
95 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also
96 learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
98 If you want to use such a RAID-1 set, say Y. To compile this code
99 as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid1.
104 tristate "RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode"
105 depends on BLK_DEV_MD
107 RAID-10 provides a combination of striping (RAID-0) and
108 mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexible
110 Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to
111 be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device
113 RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels
114 of redundancy and performance.
116 RAID-10 requires mdadm-1.7.0 or later, available at:
118 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
123 tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode"
124 depends on BLK_DEV_MD
130 select ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV
132 A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides
133 the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure
134 of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives
135 contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection.
136 For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive,
137 while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one
138 of the available parity distribution methods.
140 A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive
141 provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects
142 against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector
143 (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two
144 drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like
145 RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives
146 in one of the available parity distribution methods.
148 Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
149 Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
150 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also
151 learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
153 If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 set, say Y. To
154 compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
155 will be called raid456.
160 tristate "Multipath I/O support"
161 depends on BLK_DEV_MD
163 MD_MULTIPATH provides a simple multi-path personality for use
164 the MD framework. It is not under active development. New
165 projects should consider using DM_MULTIPATH which has more
166 features and more testing.
171 tristate "Faulty test module for MD"
172 depends on BLK_DEV_MD
174 The "faulty" module allows for a block device that occasionally returns
175 read or write errors. It is useful for testing.
181 tristate "Cluster Support for MD (EXPERIMENTAL)"
182 depends on BLK_DEV_MD
186 Clustering support for MD devices. This enables locking and
187 synchronization across multiple systems on the cluster, so all
188 nodes in the cluster can access the MD devices simultaneously.
190 This brings the redundancy (and uptime) of RAID levels across the
191 nodes of the cluster.
195 source "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig"
197 config BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN
201 tristate "Device mapper support"
202 select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN
204 Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing
205 people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various
206 mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own
207 modules containing custom mappings if they wish.
209 Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver.
211 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
217 bool "request-based DM: use blk-mq I/O path by default"
218 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
220 This option enables the blk-mq based I/O path for request-based
221 DM devices by default. With the option the dm_mod.use_blk_mq
222 module/boot option defaults to Y, without it to N, but it can
223 still be overriden either way.
228 bool "Device mapper debugging support"
229 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
231 Enable this for messages that may help debug device-mapper problems.
237 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
239 This interface allows you to do buffered I/O on a device and acts
240 as a cache, holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing
245 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
247 Some bio locking schemes used by other device-mapper targets
248 including thin provisioning.
250 source "drivers/md/persistent-data/Kconfig"
253 tristate "Crypt target support"
254 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
258 This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that
259 transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate
260 the ciphers you're going to use in the cryptoapi configuration.
262 For further information on dm-crypt and userspace tools see:
263 <https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/DMCrypt>
265 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
271 tristate "Snapshot target"
272 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
275 Allow volume managers to take writable snapshots of a device.
277 config DM_THIN_PROVISIONING
278 tristate "Thin provisioning target"
279 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
280 select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
283 Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store.
286 tristate "Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
287 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
289 select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
292 dm-cache attempts to improve performance of a block device by
293 moving frequently used data to a smaller, higher performance
294 device. Different 'policy' plugins can be used to change the
295 algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted,
296 cleaned etc. It supports writeback and writethrough modes.
299 tristate "MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
303 A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hit
304 count to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted.
305 This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises
309 tristate "Stochastic MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
313 A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hits
314 to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted.
315 This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises
316 reads over writes. This SMQ policy (vs MQ) offers the promise
317 of less memory utilization, improved performance and increased
318 adaptability in the face of changing workloads.
320 config DM_CACHE_CLEANER
321 tristate "Cleaner Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
325 A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the
326 origin. Used when decommissioning a dm-cache.
329 tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
330 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
332 select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
335 dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to
336 over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using
340 tristate "Mirror target"
341 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
343 Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also
344 needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'.
346 config DM_LOG_USERSPACE
347 tristate "Mirror userspace logging"
348 depends on DM_MIRROR && NET
351 The userspace logging module provides a mechanism for
352 relaying the dm-dirty-log API to userspace. Log designs
353 which are more suited to userspace implementation (e.g.
354 shared storage logs) or experimental logs can be implemented
355 by leveraging this framework.
358 tristate "RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target"
359 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
365 A dm target that supports RAID1, RAID10, RAID4, RAID5 and RAID6 mappings
367 A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides
368 the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure
369 of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives
370 contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection.
371 For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive,
372 while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one
373 of the available parity distribution methods.
375 A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive
376 provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects
377 against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector
378 (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two
379 drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like
380 RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives
381 in one of the available parity distribution methods.
384 tristate "Zero target"
385 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
387 A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for
388 reads. Useful in some recovery situations.
391 tristate "Multipath target"
392 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
393 # nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent
394 # of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if
395 # it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it. We get a build
396 # error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y
397 depends on !SCSI_DH || SCSI
399 Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware.
401 config DM_MULTIPATH_QL
402 tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os"
403 depends on DM_MULTIPATH
405 This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects
406 the path with the least number of in-flight I/Os.
410 config DM_MULTIPATH_ST
411 tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time"
412 depends on DM_MULTIPATH
414 This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects
415 the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest
421 tristate "I/O delaying target"
422 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
424 A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send
425 them to different devices. Useful for testing.
431 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
433 Generate udev events for DM events.
436 tristate "Flakey target"
437 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
439 A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes.
442 tristate "Verity target support"
443 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
448 This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that
449 transparently validates the data on one underlying device against
450 a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second
453 You'll need to activate the digests you're going to use in the
454 cryptoapi configuration.
456 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
462 tristate "Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
463 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
465 This device-mapper target creates a device that supports an arbitrary
466 mapping of fixed-size regions of I/O across a fixed set of paths.
467 The path used for any specific region can be switched dynamically
468 by sending the target a message.
470 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
476 tristate "Log writes target support"
477 depends on BLK_DEV_DM
479 This device-mapper target takes two devices, one device to use
480 normally, one to log all write operations done to the first device.
481 This is for use by file system developers wishing to verify that
482 their fs is writing a consistent file system at all times by allowing
483 them to replay the log in a variety of ways and to check the
486 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
487 be called dm-log-writes.