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-rw-r--r--block/Kconfig13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 6597b60e8e69..0768741d6813 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -52,11 +52,16 @@ config LSF
52endif # BLOCK 52endif # BLOCK
53 53
54config BLK_DEV_BSG 54config BLK_DEV_BSG
55 bool "Block layer SG support" 55 bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
56 depends on (SCSI=y) && EXPERIMENTAL 56 depends on (SCSI=y) && EXPERIMENTAL
57 default y
58 ---help--- 57 ---help---
59 Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 58 Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
60 support for any block device. 59 for any block device.
60
61 Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
62 can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
63 with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
64 protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
65 Attached SCSI).
61 66
62source block/Kconfig.iosched 67source block/Kconfig.iosched