The patch titled fix the ROMFS_* dependencies has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fix-the-romfs_-dependencies.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fix the ROMFS_* dependencies From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> - adds the missing dependency of ROMFS_FS on BLOCK || MTD - disallows the illegal ROMFS_FS=y, MTD=m, ROMFS_ON_MTD=y - ensures that at least one of ROMFS_ON_BLOCK and ROMFS_ON_MTD is always enabled: - automatically enable ROMFS_ON_MTD if BLOCK=n - automatically enable ROMFS_ON_BLOCK if ROMFS_ON_MTD=n - if EMBEDDED=n, ROMFS_ON_BLOCK is always enabled - the "(which may have been disabled)" that could now confuse users has therefore been removed from the help text Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/Kconfig~fix-the-romfs_-dependencies fs/Kconfig --- a/fs/Kconfig~fix-the-romfs_-dependencies +++ a/fs/Kconfig @@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ endif config ROMFS_FS tristate "ROM file system support" + depends on BLOCK || MTD ---help--- This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for @@ -497,8 +498,9 @@ config ROMFS_FS answer N. config ROMFS_ON_BLOCK - bool "Block device-backed ROM file system support" + bool "Block device-backed ROM file system support" if (ROMFS_ON_MTD && EMBEDDED) depends on ROMFS_FS && BLOCK + default y help This permits ROMFS to use block devices buffered through the page cache as the medium from which to retrieve data. It does not allow @@ -507,14 +509,15 @@ config ROMFS_ON_BLOCK If unsure, answer Y. config ROMFS_ON_MTD - bool "MTD-backed ROM file system support" - depends on ROMFS_FS && MTD + bool "MTD-backed ROM file system support" if BLOCK + depends on ROMFS_FS + depends on MTD=y || (ROMFS_FS=m && MTD) + default y help This permits ROMFS to use MTD based devices directly, without the - intercession of the block layer (which may have been disabled). It - also allows direct mapping of MTD devices through romfs files under - NOMMU conditions if the underlying device is directly addressable by - the CPU. + intercession of the block layer. It also allows direct mapping of + MTD devices through romfs files under NOMMU conditions if the + underlying device is directly addressable by the CPU. If unsure, answer Y. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bunk@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch remove-arch-i386-kernel-tscccustom_sched_clock.patch drivers-cpuidle-make-code-static.patch git-drm.patch make-drivers-char-drm-drm_vmcdrm_io_prot-static.patch git-dvb.patch saa7134-fix-modules=n-compilation.patch git-gfs2-nmw.patch git-ieee1394.patch kconfig-abort-configuration-with-recursive-dependencies.patch remove-fs-jffs2-ioctlc.patch fix-the-romfs_-dependencies.patch git-ubi.patch drivers-net-vioc-possible-cleanups.patch drivers-net-bonding-bond_maincmake-3-functions-static.patch net-uninline-skb_put-fix.patch drivers-scsi-small-cleanups.patch drivers-scsi-advansysc-cleanups.patch megaraid-fix-warnings-when-config_proc_fs=n.patch drivers-scsi-dpt_i2oc-remove-dead-code.patch drivers-scsi-aic7xxx-make-functions-static.patch drivers-scsi-wd33c93c-cleanups.patch drivers-scsi-qla4xxx-possible-cleanups.patch make-seagate_st0x_detect-static.patch drivers-scsi-aacraid-cleanups.patch remove-the-broken-scsi_acornscsi_3-driver.patch git-unionfs.patch git-wireless.patch git-ipwireless_cs.patch arch-i386-kernel-alternativec-should-include-asm-bugsh.patch make-struct-vmi_ops-static.patch i386-asm-offsetsc-workaround-for-a-wmissing-prototypes-warning.patch lguest-kconfig-and-headers-fix.patch proper-prototype-for-hugetlb_get_unmapped_area.patch mm-slabc-proper-prototypes.patch filesystem-disk-errors-at-boot-time-caused-by-probe.patch kill-net-rxrpc-rxrpc_symsc.patch drivers-char-hvc_consolec-cleanups.patch init-do_mountsc-proper-prepare_namespace-prototype.patch ext2-reservations.patch drivers-edac-make-code-static.patch linux-kernel-markers-kconfig-menus.patch linux-kernel-markers-architecture-independant-code.patch linux-kernel-markers-i386-optimization.patch readahead-events-accounting.patch reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache.patch reiser4.patch fbdev-display-class-fix.patch fbdev-mm-deferred-io-support-fix.patch fbdev-hecuba-framebuffer-driver-fix.patch slim-main-patch.patch slim-debug-output.patch i386-enable-4k-stacks-by-default.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.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