linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/19] BLOCK: Permit block layer to be disabled [try #5]

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Message-ID: <20060829175421.GS12257@kernel.dk>
Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:54:21 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] BLOCK: Permit block layer to be disabled [try #5]

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

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