11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Block device driver configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5afd44034SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig MD 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)" 7afd44034SJan Engelhardt depends on BLOCK 883fe27eaSPranith Kumar select SRCU 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support multiple physical spindles through a single logical device. 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Required for RAID and logical volume management. 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13afd44034SJan Engelhardtif MD 14afd44034SJan Engelhardt 151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_MD 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID support" 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver lets you combine several hard disk partitions into one 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds logical block device. This can be used to simply append one 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition to another one or to combine several redundant hard disks 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds into a RAID1/4/5 device so as to provide protection against hard 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds disk failures. This is called "Software RAID" since the combining of 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds the partitions is done by the kernel. "Hardware RAID" means that the 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds combining is done by a dedicated controller; if you have such a 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller, you do not need to say Y here. 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds More information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also learn 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 34a364092aSArjan van de Venconfig MD_AUTODETECT 35a364092aSArjan van de Ven bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot" 36ce52aebdSAlan Jenkins depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y 37a364092aSArjan van de Ven default y 38a364092aSArjan van de Ven ---help--- 39a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid 40a364092aSArjan van de Ven arrays as part of its boot process. 41a364092aSArjan van de Ven 42a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause 43a364092aSArjan van de Ven a several-second delay in the boot time due to various 44a364092aSArjan van de Ven synchronisation steps that are part of this step. 45a364092aSArjan van de Ven 46a364092aSArjan van de Ven If unsure, say Y. 47a364092aSArjan van de Ven 481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_LINEAR 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Linear (append) mode" 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions by simply appending one to the other. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called linear. 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID0 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode" 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the so-called raid0 mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions into one logical device in such a fashion as to fill them 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds up evenly, one chunk here and one chunk there. This will increase 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the throughput rate if the partitions reside on distinct disks. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called raid0. 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID1 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-1 (mirroring) mode" 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds of each other. In the event of a mirror failure, the RAID driver 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds an error free MD (multiple device) to the higher levels of the 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. In a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive, and the set protects against a failure of (N - 1) 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds drives. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use such a RAID-1 set, say Y. To compile this code 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid1. 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID10 10408fb730cSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode" 10508fb730cSNeilBrown depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a combination of striping (RAID-0) and 1084d2554d0SJustin Piszcz mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexible 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds layout. 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be used). 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds of redundancy and performance. 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 requires mdadm-1.7.0 or later, available at: 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12216a53eccSNeilBrownconfig MD_RAID456 12316a53eccSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode" 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 125f5e70d0fSDavid Woodhouse select RAID6_PQ 1269bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_MEMCPY 1279bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_XOR 128ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_PQ 129ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds of the available parity distribution methods. 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13916a53eccSNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 14016a53eccSNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 14116a53eccSNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 14216a53eccSNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 14316a53eccSNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 14416a53eccSNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 14516a53eccSNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 14616a53eccSNeilBrown 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15216a53eccSNeilBrown If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 set, say Y. To 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module 15416a53eccSNeilBrown will be called raid456. 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_MULTIPATH 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Multipath I/O support" 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16293bd89a6SNeilBrown MD_MULTIPATH provides a simple multi-path personality for use 16393bd89a6SNeilBrown the MD framework. It is not under active development. New 16493bd89a6SNeilBrown projects should consider using DM_MULTIPATH which has more 16593bd89a6SNeilBrown features and more testing. 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_FAULTY 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Faulty test module for MD" 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds The "faulty" module allows for a block device that occasionally returns 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds read or write errors. It is useful for testing. 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds In unsure, say N. 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1788e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1798e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodriguesconfig MD_CLUSTER 1808e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues tristate "Cluster Support for MD (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1818e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1828e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on DLM 1838e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues default n 1848e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues ---help--- 1858e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues Clustering support for MD devices. This enables locking and 1868e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues synchronization across multiple systems on the cluster, so all 1878e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues nodes in the cluster can access the MD devices simultaneously. 1888e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1898e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues This brings the redundancy (and uptime) of RAID levels across the 1908e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues nodes of the cluster. 1918e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1928e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues If unsure, say N. 1938e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 194cafe5635SKent Overstreetsource "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig" 195cafe5635SKent Overstreet 1962995fa78SMikulas Patockaconfig BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 1976341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool 1982995fa78SMikulas Patocka 1991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_DM 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Device mapper support" 2012995fa78SMikulas Patocka select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules containing custom mappings if they wish. 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver. 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds called dm-mod. 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21517e149b8SMike Snitzerconfig DM_MQ_DEFAULT 21617e149b8SMike Snitzer bool "request-based DM: use blk-mq I/O path by default" 21717e149b8SMike Snitzer depends on BLK_DEV_DM 21817e149b8SMike Snitzer ---help--- 21917e149b8SMike Snitzer This option enables the blk-mq based I/O path for request-based 22017e149b8SMike Snitzer DM devices by default. With the option the dm_mod.use_blk_mq 22117e149b8SMike Snitzer module/boot option defaults to Y, without it to N, but it can 22217e149b8SMike Snitzer still be overriden either way. 22317e149b8SMike Snitzer 22417e149b8SMike Snitzer If unsure say N. 22517e149b8SMike Snitzer 226cc109201SBryn Reevesconfig DM_DEBUG 2276341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool "Device mapper debugging support" 2280149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 229cc109201SBryn Reeves ---help--- 230cc109201SBryn Reeves Enable this for messages that may help debug device-mapper problems. 231cc109201SBryn Reeves 232cc109201SBryn Reeves If unsure, say N. 233cc109201SBryn Reeves 23495d402f0SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_BUFIO 23595d402f0SMikulas Patocka tristate 236d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 23795d402f0SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 23895d402f0SMikulas Patocka This interface allows you to do buffered I/O on a device and acts 23995d402f0SMikulas Patocka as a cache, holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing 24095d402f0SMikulas Patocka delayed writes. 24195d402f0SMikulas Patocka 2424f81a417SMike Snitzerconfig DM_BIO_PRISON 2434f81a417SMike Snitzer tristate 244d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 2454f81a417SMike Snitzer ---help--- 2464f81a417SMike Snitzer Some bio locking schemes used by other device-mapper targets 2474f81a417SMike Snitzer including thin provisioning. 2484f81a417SMike Snitzer 249991d9fa0SJoe Thornbersource "drivers/md/persistent-data/Kconfig" 250991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 2511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_CRYPT 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Crypt target support" 2530149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO 2553263263fSHerbert Xu select CRYPTO_CBC 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds the ciphers you're going to use in the cryptoapi configuration. 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 261cf352487SLoic Pefferkorn For further information on dm-crypt and userspace tools see: 262cf352487SLoic Pefferkorn <http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/DMCrypt> 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called dm-crypt. 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_SNAPSHOT 2700149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Snapshot target" 2710149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 27255494bf2SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2744d2554d0SJustin Piszcz Allow volume managers to take writable snapshots of a device. 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 276991d9fa0SJoe Thornberconfig DM_THIN_PROVISIONING 277d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Thin provisioning target" 278d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 279991d9fa0SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 2804f81a417SMike Snitzer select DM_BIO_PRISON 281991d9fa0SJoe Thornber ---help--- 282991d9fa0SJoe Thornber Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store. 283991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 284c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE 285c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber tristate "Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 286c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 287c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber default n 288c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 289c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 290c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber ---help--- 291c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber dm-cache attempts to improve performance of a block device by 292c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber moving frequently used data to a smaller, higher performance 293c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber device. Different 'policy' plugins can be used to change the 294c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted, 295c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber cleaned etc. It supports writeback and writethrough modes. 296c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber 297f2836352SJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE_MQ 298f2836352SJoe Thornber tristate "MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)" 299f2836352SJoe Thornber depends on DM_CACHE 300f2836352SJoe Thornber default y 301f2836352SJoe Thornber ---help--- 302f2836352SJoe Thornber A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hit 303f2836352SJoe Thornber count to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted. 304f2836352SJoe Thornber This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises 305f2836352SJoe Thornber reads over writes. 306f2836352SJoe Thornber 307*66a63635SJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE_SMQ 308*66a63635SJoe Thornber tristate "Stochastic MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)" 309*66a63635SJoe Thornber depends on DM_CACHE 310*66a63635SJoe Thornber default y 311*66a63635SJoe Thornber ---help--- 312*66a63635SJoe Thornber A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hits 313*66a63635SJoe Thornber to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted. 314*66a63635SJoe Thornber This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises 315*66a63635SJoe Thornber reads over writes. This SMQ policy (vs MQ) offers the promise 316*66a63635SJoe Thornber of less memory utilization, improved performance and increased 317*66a63635SJoe Thornber adaptability in the face of changing workloads. 318*66a63635SJoe Thornber 3198735a813SHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_CACHE_CLEANER 3208735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen tristate "Cleaner Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3218735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen depends on DM_CACHE 3228735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen default y 3238735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen ---help--- 3248735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the 3258735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen origin. Used when decommissioning a dm-cache. 3268735a813SHeinz Mauelshagen 327eec40579SJoe Thornberconfig DM_ERA 328eec40579SJoe Thornber tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 329eec40579SJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 330eec40579SJoe Thornber default n 331eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 332eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 333eec40579SJoe Thornber ---help--- 334eec40579SJoe Thornber dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to 335eec40579SJoe Thornber over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using 336eec40579SJoe Thornber vendor snapshots. 337eec40579SJoe Thornber 3381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MIRROR 3390149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Mirror target" 3400149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'. 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3455442851eSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_LOG_USERSPACE 3465442851eSMikulas Patocka tristate "Mirror userspace logging" 3475442851eSMikulas Patocka depends on DM_MIRROR && NET 3485442851eSMikulas Patocka select CONNECTOR 3495442851eSMikulas Patocka ---help--- 3505442851eSMikulas Patocka The userspace logging module provides a mechanism for 3515442851eSMikulas Patocka relaying the dm-dirty-log API to userspace. Log designs 3525442851eSMikulas Patocka which are more suited to userspace implementation (e.g. 3535442851eSMikulas Patocka shared storage logs) or experimental logs can be implemented 3545442851eSMikulas Patocka by leveraging this framework. 3555442851eSMikulas Patocka 3569d09e663SNeilBrownconfig DM_RAID 357d9f691c3SNeilBrown tristate "RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target" 358035220b3SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 359b12d437bSJonathan Brassow select MD_RAID1 360d9f691c3SNeilBrown select MD_RAID10 3619d09e663SNeilBrown select MD_RAID456 3629d09e663SNeilBrown select BLK_DEV_MD 3639d09e663SNeilBrown ---help--- 364d9f691c3SNeilBrown A dm target that supports RAID1, RAID10, RAID4, RAID5 and RAID6 mappings 3659d09e663SNeilBrown 3669d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 3679d09e663SNeilBrown the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 3689d09e663SNeilBrown of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 3699d09e663SNeilBrown contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 3709d09e663SNeilBrown For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 3719d09e663SNeilBrown while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 3729d09e663SNeilBrown of the available parity distribution methods. 3739d09e663SNeilBrown 3749d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 3759d09e663SNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 3769d09e663SNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 3779d09e663SNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 3789d09e663SNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 3799d09e663SNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 3809d09e663SNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 3819d09e663SNeilBrown 3821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_ZERO 3830149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Zero target" 3840149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds reads. Useful in some recovery situations. 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MULTIPATH 3900149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Multipath target" 3910149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 392fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent 393fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if 394fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it. We get a build 395fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y 396fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman depends on SCSI_DH || !SCSI_DH 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware. 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 400fd5e0339SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_QL 401fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os" 402fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 403fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda ---help--- 404fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 405fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda the path with the least number of in-flight I/Os. 406fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 407fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 408fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 409f392ba88SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_ST 410f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time" 411f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 412f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda ---help--- 413f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 414f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest 415f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda time. 416f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 417f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 418f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 41926b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_DELAY 420d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "I/O delaying target" 421d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 42226b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen ---help--- 42326b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send 42426b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen them to different devices. Useful for testing. 42526b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 42626b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen If unsure, say N. 42726b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 42851e5b2bdSMike Andersonconfig DM_UEVENT 429e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon bool "DM uevents" 430e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 43151e5b2bdSMike Anderson ---help--- 43251e5b2bdSMike Anderson Generate udev events for DM events. 43351e5b2bdSMike Anderson 4343407ef52SJosef Bacikconfig DM_FLAKEY 435d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Flakey target" 436d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 4373407ef52SJosef Bacik ---help--- 4383407ef52SJosef Bacik A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes. 4393407ef52SJosef Bacik 440a4ffc152SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_VERITY 441d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Verity target support" 442d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 443a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO 444a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO_HASH 445a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 446a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 447a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that 448a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka transparently validates the data on one underlying device against 449a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second 450a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka device. 451a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 452a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka You'll need to activate the digests you're going to use in the 453a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka cryptoapi configuration. 454a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 455a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 456a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka be called dm-verity. 457a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 458a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka If unsure, say N. 459a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 4609d0eb0abSJim Ramsayconfig DM_SWITCH 4619d0eb0abSJim Ramsay tristate "Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 4629d0eb0abSJim Ramsay depends on BLK_DEV_DM 4639d0eb0abSJim Ramsay ---help--- 4649d0eb0abSJim Ramsay This device-mapper target creates a device that supports an arbitrary 4659d0eb0abSJim Ramsay mapping of fixed-size regions of I/O across a fixed set of paths. 4669d0eb0abSJim Ramsay The path used for any specific region can be switched dynamically 4679d0eb0abSJim Ramsay by sending the target a message. 4689d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 4699d0eb0abSJim Ramsay To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 4709d0eb0abSJim Ramsay be called dm-switch. 4719d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 4729d0eb0abSJim Ramsay If unsure, say N. 4739d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 4740e9cebe7SJosef Bacikconfig DM_LOG_WRITES 4750e9cebe7SJosef Bacik tristate "Log writes target support" 4760e9cebe7SJosef Bacik depends on BLK_DEV_DM 4770e9cebe7SJosef Bacik ---help--- 4780e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This device-mapper target takes two devices, one device to use 4790e9cebe7SJosef Bacik normally, one to log all write operations done to the first device. 4800e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This is for use by file system developers wishing to verify that 4810e9cebe7SJosef Bacik their fs is writing a consitent file system at all times by allowing 4820e9cebe7SJosef Bacik them to replay the log in a variety of ways and to check the 4830e9cebe7SJosef Bacik contents. 4840e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 4850e9cebe7SJosef Bacik To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 4860e9cebe7SJosef Bacik be called dm-log-writes. 4870e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 4880e9cebe7SJosef Bacik If unsure, say N. 4890e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 490afd44034SJan Engelhardtendif # MD 491