From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Howells Subject: [PATCH 00/19] BLOCK: Permit block layer to be disabled [try #5] Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:45:49 +0100 Message-ID: <20060829164549.15723.15017.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:13213 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965105AbWH2Qpw (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:45:52 -0400 To: axboe@kernel.dk Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org This set of patches permits the block layer to be disabled and removed from the compilation such that it doesn't take up any resources on systems that don't need it. This set of patches is against the block git tree. Changes in [try #5]: (*) Update to block GIT tree for 2.6.18-rc5. (*) Make USB_STORAGE depend on SCSI rather than selecting it. (*) Remove dependencies on BLOCK where there are also dependencies on SCSI. David