linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] block: add uImage.FIT block partition driver

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Message-ID: <aae11fd8-03c0-7996-67ca-7b528a6fec15@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:45:44 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] block: add uImage.FIT block partition driver



On 12/13/22 04:46, Daniel Golle wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> index a41145d52de9..f8618bc869b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> @@ -383,6 +383,17 @@ config VIRTIO_BLK
>  	  This is the virtual block driver for virtio.  It can be used with
>            QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
>  
> +config UIMAGE_FIT_BLK
> +	bool "uImage.FIT block driver"
> +	help
> +	  This is driver allows using filesystems contained in uImage.FIT images

	  This driver allows

> +	  by mapping them as block devices.
> +
> +	  This driver can currently not be built as a module.
> +
> +	  Say Y if you want to mount filesystems sub-images of a uImage.FIT
> +	  stored in a block device partition, mtdblock or ubiblock device.

-- 
~Randy