From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx117.postini.com [74.125.245.117]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 292376B005D for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:40:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:31:33 -0400 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers: add memory management driver class Message-ID: <20120731153133.GN4789@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <1343413117-1989-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1343413117-1989-4-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1343413117-1989-4-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Seth Jennings Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Andrew Morton , Nitin Gupta , Minchan Kim , Dan Magenheimer , Robert Jennings , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 01:18:36PM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote: > This patchset creates a new driver class under drivers/ for > memory management related drivers, like zcache. I was going back and forth with Dan whether it should be in mm/ or in drivers/mm. > > This driver class would be for drivers that don't actually enabled > a hardware device, but rather augment the memory manager in some > way. > > In-tree candidates for this driver class are zcache, zram, and > lowmemorykiller, both in staging. But with some many (well, three of them) I think sticking them in drviers/mm makes more sense. > > Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings > --- > drivers/Kconfig | 2 ++ > drivers/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/mm/Kconfig | 3 +++ > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/mm/Kconfig > > diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig > index ece958d..67fe7bd 100644 > --- a/drivers/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/Kconfig > @@ -152,4 +152,6 @@ source "drivers/vme/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/pwm/Kconfig" > > +source "drivers/mm/Kconfig" > + > endmenu > diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile > index 5b42184..121742e 100644 > --- a/drivers/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/Makefile > @@ -139,3 +139,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EXTCON) += extcon/ > obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY) += memory/ > obj-$(CONFIG_IIO) += iio/ > obj-$(CONFIG_VME_BUS) += vme/ > +obj-$(CONFIG_MM_DRIVERS) += mm/ > diff --git a/drivers/mm/Kconfig b/drivers/mm/Kconfig > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..e5b3743 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/mm/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ > +menu "Memory management drivers" > + > +endmenu > -- > 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org