linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v9 2/7] virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver

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Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 08:09:03 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/7] virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver

On 5/14/19 7:54 AM, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> index 35897649c24f..94bad084ebab 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
> @@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ config VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY
>  
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>  
> +config VIRTIO_PMEM
> +	tristate "Support for virtio pmem driver"
> +	depends on VIRTIO
> +	depends on LIBNVDIMM
> +	help
> +	This driver provides access to virtio-pmem devices, storage devices
> +	that are mapped into the physical address space - similar to NVDIMMs
> +	 - with a virtio-based flushing interface.
> +
> +	If unsure, say M.

<beep>
from Documentation/process/coding-style.rst:
"Lines under a ``config`` definition
are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
spaces."

> +
>  config VIRTIO_BALLOON
>  	tristate "Virtio balloon driver"
>  	depends on VIRTIO

thanks.
-- 
~Randy