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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-30 12:07:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-30 12:07:01 -0700 |
| commit | 56f29d7fe452890eeeb7f2b0138b2d95b9745fb6 (patch) | |
| tree | 01b6b70297c53c9beb8d11eb186fbad9c166b1a2 /block/Kconfig | |
| parent | e823aff2d6eb43083abcc75a32ddfb167c324089 (diff) | |
| parent | 059af497c23492cb1ddcbba11c09dad385960bc0 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block
* 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: (67 commits)
[PATCH] blk_queue_start_tag() shared map race fix
[PATCH] Update axboe@suse.de email address
[PATCH] fix creating zero sized bio mempools in low memory system
[PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK: blk_congestion_wait() fix
[PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups
[PATCH] BLOCK: Make USB storage depend on SCSI rather than selecting it [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/buffer_head.h inclusions [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/mpage.h inclusions [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the msdos device ioctl compat stuff to the msdos driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext3 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext3 driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext2 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext2 driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the ReiserFS device ioctl compat stuff to the ReiserFS driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move common FS-specific ioctls to linux/fs.h [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the loop device ioctl compat stuff to the loop driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move __invalidate_device() to block_dev.c [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove dependence on existence of blockdev_superblock [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move extern declarations out of fs/*.c into header files [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Don't call block_sync_page() from AFS [try #6]
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Diffstat (limited to 'block/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig index b6f5f0a7965..9af6c614dfd 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig +++ b/block/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,24 @@ # # Block layer core configuration # +config BLOCK + bool "Enable the block layer" + default y + help + This permits the block layer to be removed from the kernel if it's not + needed (on some embedded devices for example). If this option is + disabled, then blockdev files will become unusable and some + filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable. + + This option will also disable SCSI character devices and USB storage + since they make use of various block layer definitions and + facilities. + + Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and + suchlike. + +if BLOCK + #XXX - it makes sense to enable this only for 32-bit subarch's, not for x86_64 #for instance. config LBD @@ -33,4 +51,6 @@ config LSF If unsure, say Y. +endif + source block/Kconfig.iosched |