From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] BLOCK: Permit block layer to be disabled [try #5] Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:54:21 +0200 Message-ID: <20060829175421.GS12257@kernel.dk> References: <20060829164549.15723.15017.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([62.242.22.158]:50504 "EHLO kernel.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965185AbWH2Rvg (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:51:36 -0400 To: David Howells Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060829164549.15723.15017.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 29 2006, David Howells wrote: > > 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. Any remaining changes? Looks fine to me, although I wonder why you did not kill the block_sync_page() completely in AFS. Christophs analysis looked correct to me. -- Jens Axboe