Subject: + drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch added to -mm tree
To: fabf@xxxxxxxxx,rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:09:14 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: drivers/block/Kconfig: update RAM block device module name
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch
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From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: drivers/block/Kconfig: update RAM block device module name
RAM block device support module name changed to brd.ko some years ago with
an "rd" alias to match previous module implementation. This patch updates
its Kconfig definition.
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/Kconfig | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/Kconfig~drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name drivers/block/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig~drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name
+++ a/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM
For details, read <file:Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called rd.
+ module will be called brd. An alias "rd" has been defined
+ for historical reasons.
Most normal users won't need the RAM disk functionality, and can
thus say N here.
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from fabf@xxxxxxxxx are
drivers-block-kconfig-update-ram-block-device-module-name.patch
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