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 Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html