Add more descriptive text to explain what it the dm-integrity when it should be enabled. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index 7468a22f9d10..3e96fccbbdb2 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -509,6 +509,20 @@ config DM_INTEGRITY select CRYPTO select ASYNC_XOR ---help--- - This is the integrity target. + This device-mapper target emulates a block device that has additional + per-sector tags that can be used for storing integrity information. + + The dm-integrity target is used with the dm-crypt target to provide + authenticated disk encryption or it can also be used as a standalone + target. In standalone mode it calculates and verifies the data integrity + internally. + + You should enable this option if you plan to use dm-crypt target + in authenticated disk encryption mode. + + To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will + be called dm-integrity. + + If unsure, say N. endif # MD -- 2.11.0 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
