From 602adf400201636e95c3fed9f31fba54a3d7e844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yehuda Sadeh Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:11:25 -0700 Subject: rbd: introduce rados block device (rbd), based on libceph The rados block device (rbd), based on osdblk, creates a block device that is backed by objects stored in the Ceph distributed object storage cluster. Each device consists of a single metadata object and data striped over many data objects. The rbd driver supports read-only snapshots. Signed-off-by: Yehuda Sadeh Signed-off-by: Sage Weil --- drivers/block/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/block/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index de277689da61..4b9359a6f6ca 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -488,4 +488,21 @@ config BLK_DEV_HD If unsure, say N. +config BLK_DEV_RBD + tristate "Rados block device (RBD)" + depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && BLOCK + select CEPH_LIB + select LIBCRC32C + select CRYPTO_AES + select CRYPTO + default n + help + Say Y here if you want include the Rados block device, which stripes + a block device over objects stored in the Ceph distributed object + store. + + More information at http://ceph.newdream.net/. + + If unsure, say N. + endif # BLK_DEV -- cgit v1.2.2