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Diffstat (limited to 'block')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig.iosched | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | block/Makefile | 2 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig index b6f5f0a79655..9af6c614dfde 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig +++ b/block/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,24 @@ # # Block layer core configuration # +config BLOCK + bool "Enable the block layer" + default y + help + This permits the block layer to be removed from the kernel if it's not + needed (on some embedded devices for example). If this option is + disabled, then blockdev files will become unusable and some + filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable. + + This option will also disable SCSI character devices and USB storage + since they make use of various block layer definitions and + facilities. + + Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and + suchlike. + +if BLOCK + #XXX - it makes sense to enable this only for 32-bit subarch's, not for x86_64 #for instance. config LBD @@ -33,4 +51,6 @@ config LSF If unsure, say Y. +endif + source block/Kconfig.iosched diff --git a/block/Kconfig.iosched b/block/Kconfig.iosched index 48d090e266fc..903f0d3b6852 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig.iosched +++ b/block/Kconfig.iosched @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +if BLOCK menu "IO Schedulers" @@ -67,3 +68,5 @@ config DEFAULT_IOSCHED default "noop" if DEFAULT_NOOP endmenu + +endif diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile index c05de0e0037f..4b84d0d5947b 100644 --- a/block/Makefile +++ b/block/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Makefile for the kernel block layer # -obj-y := elevator.o ll_rw_blk.o ioctl.o genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o +obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) := elevator.o ll_rw_blk.o ioctl.o genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP) += noop-iosched.o obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS) += as-iosched.o |