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-rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig | 13 |
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 | |||
52 | endif # BLOCK | 52 | endif # BLOCK |
53 | 53 | ||
54 | config BLK_DEV_BSG | 54 | config 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 | ||
62 | source block/Kconfig.iosched | 67 | source block/Kconfig.iosched |