Re: [PATCH] Patch to integrate RapidDisk and RapidCache RAM Drive / Caching modules into staging subsystem.

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On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 06:46:26PM -0500, Petros Koutoupis wrote:
> Attached is a patch for two modules: RapidDisk & RapidCache. RapidDisk is a
> Linux RAM drive module which allows the user to dynamically create, remove, and
> resize RAM-based block devices. RapidDisk is designed to work with both
> volatile and non-volatile memory. In the case of volatile memory, memory is
> allocated only when needed. The RapidCache module in turn utilizes a RapidDisk
> volume as a FIFO Write-Through caching node to a slower block device.
> 
> This patch is currently against the linux-next tree (next-20150529).
> 
> When the patch is applied, a new option will appear in the drivers/staging
> menuconfig "RapidDisk Enhanced Linux RAM disk solution". Enabling this sets the
> variable CONFIG_RXDSK.
> 
> diffstat for this patch is:
>  Kconfig                           |    2 
>  Makefile                          |    1 
>  rapiddisk/Documentation/rxdsk.txt |   67 ++
>  rapiddisk/Kconfig                 |   10 
>  rapiddisk/Makefile                |    2 
>  rapiddisk/rxcache.c               | 1142
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rapiddisk/rxcommon.h              |   22 
>  rapiddisk/rxdsk.c                 |  773 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 2019 insertions(+)
> 
> To apply this patch, in the root of the kernel tree use:
> patch -p1 <rapiddisk.patch
> 
> Please share feedback, questions, or concerns.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Petros Koutoupis
> www.rapiddisk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petros Koutoupis <petros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff -uNpr linux-next.orig/drivers/staging/Kconfig linux-next/drivers/staging/
> Kconfig


The patch is line-wrapped and can't be applied at all :(

Also all of the whitespace is messed up, please fix up your email
client, that will fix both of these issues.

thanks,

greg k-h
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