Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make the Xen block device prefix configurable

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 14 May 2010 18:10:48 +0200 Soren Hansen wrote:

> Add a config option to tweak the Xen block device prefix.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Soren Hansen <soren@linux2go.dk>
> Tested-By: Major Hayden <major.hayden@rackspace.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/Kconfig        |   10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> index 1d886e0..89c1887 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> @@ -467,6 +467,16 @@ config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
>  	  block device driver.  It communicates with a back-end driver
>  	  in another domain which drives the actual block device.
>  
> +config XEN_BLKDEV_NAME
> +	string "Base name for Xen block devices"
> +	depends on XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
> +	default "xvd"
> +	help
> +	  Use this as the base name for Xen block devices. This is
> +	  traditionally "xvd", but if you're trying to boot a system
> +	  that expects to find its root device on /dev/sda, you can
> +	  use this setting to accomodate that.

	                      accommodate

> +
>  config VIRTIO_BLK
>  	tristate "Virtio block driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO


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~Randy
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