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| author | Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> | 2013-11-07 20:34:46 +0400 |
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| committer | Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com> | 2013-11-07 20:34:46 +0400 |
| commit | b5480950c6cbb7b07ab1c1a5af0dc661a1cb6f24 (patch) | |
| tree | b5fcb00387a838beb2bcf2f8ed2fd3d6d460c8ae /block | |
| parent | e363bbac316ffb5daaf45d855f82680148cafe20 (diff) | |
| parent | 355e62f5ad12b005c862838156262eb2df2f8dff (diff) | |
| download | linux-b5480950c6cbb7b07ab1c1a5af0dc661a1cb6f24.tar.xz | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'grant/devicetree/next' into for-next
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | block/partitions/Kconfig | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | block/partitions/cmdline.c | 8 |
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig index 7f38e40fee08..2429515c05c2 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig +++ b/block/Kconfig @@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information. -config CMDLINE_PARSER +config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER bool "Block device command line partition parser" default n ---help--- - Parsing command line, get the partitions information. + Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from + the kernel boot args. This is typically of use for embedded devices + which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the + partitions on a block device. + + See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt for more information. menu "Partition Types" diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile index 4fa4be544ece..671a83d063a5 100644 --- a/block/Makefile +++ b/block/Makefile @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ) += cfq-iosched.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT) += compat_ioctl.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) += blk-integrity.o -obj-$(CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER) += cmdline-parser.o +obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER) += cmdline-parser.o diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig index 87a32086535d..9b29a996c311 100644 --- a/block/partitions/Kconfig +++ b/block/partitions/Kconfig @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ config SYSV68_PARTITION config CMDLINE_PARTITION bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED - select CMDLINE_PARSER + select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER help - Say Y here if you would read the partitions table from bootargs. + Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c index 56cf4ffad51e..5141b563adf1 100644 --- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c +++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ * Copyright (C) 2013 HUAWEI * Author: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> * - * Read block device partition table from command line. - * The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. - * It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed + * Read block device partition table from the command line. + * Typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices. + * It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed * by absolute address of data on the block device. * Users can easily change the partition. * * The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. * - * Verbose config please reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" + * For further information, see "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" * */ |