Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:36:54 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: What's up with CONFIG_BLK_DEV? |
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On Aug 24 2007 22:34, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >On Aug 24 2007 15:17, Rob Landley wrote: >> >>CONFIG_BLOCK disables the block layer. >>CONFIG_BLK_DEV disables the block devices. > >menuconfig BLK_DEV > bool "Block devices" > depends on BLOCK > default y > ---help--- > Say Y here to get to see options for various different block device > drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code. > > If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled > only do this if you know what you are doing.
>>Is there _ever_ a time you want the block layer but no block devices?
Well, where do you think your hard disk drivers come from? Definitely not from the BLK_DEV menu...
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