linux: Enable support for Self-Encrypting Drives
To quote block/Kconfig: > Builds Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled controllers. > Enabling this option enables users to setup/unlock/lock > Locking ranges for SED devices using the Opal protocol. Without `BLK_SED_OPAL`, it is impossible to resume from sleep when using a locked self-encrypting drive. This configuration option appeared in earlier kernels, but only reached maturity in 4.14 according to discussion at: - https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil/issues/90 and - https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil/pull/190 This kernel option is enabled in the default kernels shipped with Fedora, Debian, and other mainstream Linux distributions.
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