kernel/linux.git/drivers/block/Kconfig, branch linux-2.6.18.y

[PATCH] ramdisk blocksize Kconfig entry

2006-07-15T04:53:53+00:00

Make the ramdisk blocksize configurable at kernel compilation time rather than only at boot or module load time, like a couple of the other ramdisk options. I found this handy awhile back but thought little of it, until recently asked by a few of the testing folks here to be able to do the same thing for their automated test setups. The Kconfig comment is largely lifted from comments in rd.c, and hopefully this will increase the chances of making folks aware that the default value often isn't a great choice here (for increasing values of PAGE_SIZE, even moreso). Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] frv: initrd is grossly broken on frv (never built)

2006-06-23T14:42:55+00:00

The FRV arch doesn't currently support initrd, so it should be disabled automatically for the moment. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] let BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT depend on BLK_DEV_RAM

2006-03-28T17:16:02+00:00

It's purely cosmetic, but with the patch there's no longer a BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT setting in the .config if BLK_DEV_RAM=n. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Update documentation for BLK_DEV_INITRD to match current usage

2006-03-26T16:56:58+00:00

Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Zdenek Pavlas Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] BLK_DEV_INITRD: do not require BLK_DEV_RAM=y

2006-03-25T16:22:57+00:00

Initramfs initrd images do not need a ramdisk device, so remove this restriction in Kconfig. BLK_DEV_RAM=n saves about 13k on i386. Also without ramdisk device there's no need for "dry run", so initramfs unpacks much faster. People using cramfs, squashfs, or gzipped ext2/minix initrd images are probably smart enough not to turn off ramdisk support by accident. Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] pktcdvd: Don't waste kernel memory

2006-02-05T19:06:52+00:00

Allocate memory for read-gathering at open time, when it is known just how much memory is needed. This avoids wasting kernel memory when the real packet size is smaller than the maximum packet size supported by the driver. This is always the case when using DVD discs. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Let CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE depend on EXPERIMENTAL

2006-02-05T19:06:52+00:00

Unless the help text is outdated, this seems to be logical. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] parport: Kconfig dependency fixes

2006-01-06T16:33:57+00:00

Make drivers that use directly PC parport HW depend on PARPORT_PC rather than HW independent PARPORT. Signed-off-by: Marko Kohtala Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] USB: drivers/usb/storage/libusual

2006-01-04T21:48:31+00:00

This patch adds a shim driver libusual, which routes devices between usb-storage and ub according to the common table, based on unusual_devs.h. The help and example syntax is in Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[BLOCK] Move all core block layer code to new block/ directory

2005-11-04T07:43:35+00:00

drivers/block/ is right now a mix of core and driver parts. Lets move the core parts to a new top level directory. Al will move the fs/ related block parts to block/ next. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe