Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:21:44 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK |
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>> fs/Kconfig has: >> >> if BLOCK >> menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems" > >> Why is it wrapped into BLOCK, or, why are all of the other filesystems >> which require a block device? > >Some filesystems (such as /proc, /sys, and so on - basicaly, the "pseudo" file >systems) are able to stand by themselves. Filesystems that read actual blocks >of data off actual media will require the services of the block layer to do >that. So if you've built a tiny embedded kernel that doesn't include the block >layer, you can't read those sorts of filesystems....
Never mind, I see that some filesystems have 'depends on BLOCK' instead of being wrapped into if BLOCK. Not really consistent but whatever.
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