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| author | Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> | 2013-09-30 13:45:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-09-30 14:31:02 -0700 |
| commit | 080506ad0aa9c9fbc7879cdd290d55624da08c60 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a696742dcaaee55f1a9524b87be7dfa960eb3d6 /Documentation/block | |
| parent | eadb41ae82f802105c0601aa8a0a0e7595826497 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-080506ad0aa9c9fbc7879cdd290d55624da08c60.tar.gz lwn-080506ad0aa9c9fbc7879cdd290d55624da08c60.zip | |
block: change config option name for cmdline partition parsing
Recently commit bab55417b10c ("block: support embedded device command
line partition") introduced CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER. However, that name
is too generic and sounds like it enables/disables generic kernel boot
arg processing, when it really is block specific.
Before this option becomes a part of a full/final release, add the BLK_
prefix to it so that it is clear in absence of any other context that it
is block specific.
In addition, fix up the following less critical items:
- help text was not really at all helpful.
- index file for Documentation was not updated
- add the new arg to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
- clarify wording in source comments
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com>
Cc: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/block')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX index d18ecd827c40..929d9904f74b 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ capability.txt - Generic Block Device Capability (/sys/block/<device>/capability) cfq-iosched.txt - CFQ IO scheduler tunables +cmdline-partition.txt + - how to specify block device partitions on kernel command line data-integrity.txt - Block data integrity deadline-iosched.txt diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt index 2bbf4cc40c3f..525b9f6d7fb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Embedded device command line partition +Embedded device command line partition parsing ===================================================================== -Read block device partition table from command line. -The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. -It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed +Support for reading the block device partition table from the command line. +It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices. +It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed by absolute address of data on the block device. Users can easily change the partition. |