CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD
  If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
  say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
  Thinkpad users, is contained in <file:Documentation/floppy.txt>.
  That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
  well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
  parameters of the driver at run time.

  This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  The module will be called floppy.o. If you want to compile it as a
  module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
  Saying Y here will allow you to use a portion of your RAM memory as
  a block device, so that you can make file systems on it, read and
  write to it and do all the other things that you can do with normal
  block devices (such as hard drives). It is usually used to load and
  store a copy of a minimal root file system off of a floppy into RAM
  during the initial install of Linux.

  Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now
  obsolete. For details, read <file:Documentation/ramdisk.txt>.

  If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be
  called rd.o.

  Most normal users won't need the RAM disk functionality, and can
  thus say N here.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
  The default value is 4096. Only change this if you know what are
  you doing. If you are using IBM S/390, then set this to 8192.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
  The initial RAM disk is a RAM disk that is loaded by the boot loader
  (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root before the normal boot
  procedure. It is typically used to load modules needed to mount the
  "real" root file system, etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt>
  for details.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP
  Saying Y here will allow you to use a regular file as a block
  device; you can then create a file system on that block device and
  mount it just as you would mount other block devices such as hard
  drive partitions, CD-ROM drives or floppy drives. The loop devices
  are block special device files with major number 7 and typically
  called /dev/loop0, /dev/loop1 etc.

  This is useful if you want to check an ISO 9660 file system before
  burning the CD, or if you want to use floppy images without first
  writing them to floppy. Furthermore, some Linux distributions avoid
  the need for a dedicated Linux partition by keeping their complete
  root file system inside a DOS FAT file using this loop device
  driver.

  The loop device driver can also be used to "hide" a file system in a
  disk partition, floppy, or regular file, either using encryption
  (scrambling the data) or steganography (hiding the data in the low
  bits of, say, a sound file). This is also safe if the file resides
  on a remote file server. If you want to do this, you will first have
  to acquire and install a kernel patch from
  <ftp://ftp.kerneli.org/pub/kerneli/>, and then you need to
  say Y to this option.

  Note that alternative ways to use encrypted file systems are
  provided by the cfs package, which can be gotten from
  <ftp://ftp.kerneli.org/pub/kerneli/net-source/>, and the newer tcfs
  package, available at <http://tcfs.dia.unisa.it/>. You do not need
  to say Y here if you want to use one of these. However, using cfs
  requires saying Y to "NFS file system support" below while using
  tcfs requires applying a kernel patch. An alternative steganography
  solution is provided by StegFS, also available from
  <ftp://ftp.kerneli.org/pub/kerneli/net-source/>.

  To use the loop device, you need the losetup utility and a recent
  version of the mount program, both contained in the util-linux
  package. The location and current version number of util-linux is
  contained in the file <file:Documentation/Changes>.

  Note that this loop device has nothing to do with the loopback
  device used for network connections from the machine to itself.

  If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
  will be called loop.o.

  Most users will answer N here.

Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support (EXPERIMENTAL)
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM
  Saying Y here will include support for the MM5415 family of
  battery backed (Non-volatile) RAM cards.
  http://www.umem.com/

  The cards appear as block devices that can be partitioned into
  as many as 15 partitions.

  If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. The module will be
  called umem.o.

  The umem driver has not yet been allocated a MAJOR number, so
  one is chosen dynamically.  Use "devfs" or look in /proc/devices
  for the device number

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD
  Saying Y here will allow your computer to be a client for network
  block devices, i.e. it will be able to use block devices exported by
  servers (mount file systems on them etc.). Communication between
  client and server works over TCP/IP networking, but to the client
  program this is hidden: it looks like a regular local file access to
  a block device special file such as /dev/nd0.

  Network block devices also allows you to run a block-device in
  userland (making server and client physically the same computer,
  communicating using the loopback network device).

  Read <file:Documentation/nbd.txt> for more information, especially
  about where to find the server code, which runs in user space and
  does not need special kernel support.

  Note that this has nothing to do with the network file systems NFS
  or Coda; you can say N here even if you intend to use NFS or Coda.

  If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
  will be called nbd.o.

  If unsure, say N.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD
  Very old 8 bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer
  will be supported if you say Y here.

  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
  will be called xd.o.

  It's pretty unlikely that you have one of these: say N.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PS2
  Say Y here if you have a PS/2 machine with a MCA bus and an ESDI
  hard disk.

  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
  will be called ps2esdi.o.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960
  This driver adds support for the Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and
  eXtremeRAID PCI RAID controllers.  See the file
  <file:Documentation/README.DAC960> for further information about
  this driver.

  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
  will be called DAC960.o.

CONFIG_PARIDE
  There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through
  your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
  using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
  subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
  Read <file:Documentation/paride.txt> for more information.

  If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
  option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
  parallel port devices. Answer Y to build PARIDE support into your
  kernel, or M if you would like to build it as a loadable module. If
  your parallel port support is in a loadable module, you must build
  PARIDE as a module. If you built PARIDE support into your kernel,
  you may still build the individual protocol modules and high-level
  drivers as loadable modules. If you build this support as a module,
  it will be called paride.o.

  To use the PARIDE support, you must say Y or M here and also to at
  least one high-level driver (e.g. "Parallel port IDE disks",
  "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs", "Parallel port ATAPI disks" etc.) and
  to at least one protocol driver (e.g. "ATEN EH-100 protocol",
  "MicroSolutions backpack protocol", "DataStor Commuter protocol"
  etc.).

CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
  This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
  Everyone using these boards should say Y here.
  See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for the current list of
  boards supported by this driver, and for further information
  on the use of this driver.

CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
  When enabled (Y), this option allows SCSI tape drives and SCSI medium
  changers (tape robots) to be accessed via a Compaq 5xxx array 
  controller.  (See Documentation/cciss.txt for more details.)

  "SCSI support" and "SCSI tape support" must also be enabled for this 
  option to work.

  When this option is disabled (N), the SCSI portion of the driver 
  is not compiled.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SWIM_IOP
  Say Y here to support the SWIM (Super Woz Integrated Machine) IOP
  floppy controller on the Macintosh IIfx and Quadra 900/950.

CONFIG_AMIGA_Z2RAM
  This enables support for using Chip RAM and Zorro II RAM as a
  ramdisk or as a swap partition. Say Y if you want to include this
  driver in the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
  ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running
  kernel whenever you want). The module is called z2ram.o. If you want
  to compile it as a module, say M here and read
  <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.

CONFIG_ATARI_ACSI
  This enables support for the Atari ACSI interface. The driver
  supports hard disks and CD-ROMs, which have 512-byte sectors, or can
  be switched to that mode. Due to the ACSI command format, only disks
  up to 1 GB are supported. Special support for certain ACSI to SCSI
  adapters, which could relax that, isn't included yet. The ACSI
  driver is also the basis for certain other drivers for devices
  attached to the ACSI bus: Atari SLM laser printer, BioNet-100
  Ethernet, and PAMsNet Ethernet. If you want to use one of these
  devices, you need ACSI support, too.

  This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
  The module will be called acsi.o.

CONFIG_ACSI_MULTI_LUN
  If you have a ACSI device that supports more than one LUN (Logical
  Unit Number), e.g. a CD jukebox, you should say Y here so that all
  will be found by the ACSI driver. An ACSI device with multiple LUNs
  acts logically like multiple ACSI devices. The vast majority of ACSI
  devices have only one LUN, and so most people can say N here and
  should in fact do so, because it is safer.

CONFIG_ATARI_SLM
  If you have an Atari SLM laser printer, say Y to include support for
  it in the kernel. Otherwise, say N. This driver is also available as
  a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the
  running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called
  acsi_slm.o. Be warned: the driver needs much ST-RAM and can cause
  problems due to that fact!

CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA
  This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array controllers.  Everyone
  using these boards should say Y here.  See the file
  <file:Documentation/cpqarray.txt> for the current list of boards
  supported by this driver, and for further information on the use of
  this driver.

