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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 /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 'block')
-rw-r--r-- | block/Kconfig | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | block/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | block/partitions/Kconfig | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | block/partitions/cmdline.c | 8 |
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig index 7f38e40fee08..2429515c05c2 100644 --- a/block/Kconfig +++ b/block/Kconfig @@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information. -config CMDLINE_PARSER +config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER bool "Block device command line partition parser" default n ---help--- - Parsing command line, get the partitions information. + Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from + the kernel boot args. This is typically of use for embedded devices + which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the + partitions on a block device. + + See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt for more information. menu "Partition Types" diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile index 4fa4be544ece..671a83d063a5 100644 --- a/block/Makefile +++ b/block/Makefile @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ) += cfq-iosched.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT) += compat_ioctl.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) += blk-integrity.o -obj-$(CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER) += cmdline-parser.o +obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER) += cmdline-parser.o diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig index 87a32086535d..9b29a996c311 100644 --- a/block/partitions/Kconfig +++ b/block/partitions/Kconfig @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ config SYSV68_PARTITION config CMDLINE_PARTITION bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED - select CMDLINE_PARSER + select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER help - Say Y here if you would read the partitions table from bootargs. + Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c index 56cf4ffad51e..5141b563adf1 100644 --- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c +++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ * Copyright (C) 2013 HUAWEI * Author: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> * - * 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 + * Read block device partition table from the command line. + * 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. * * The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. * - * Verbose config please reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" + * For further information, see "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" * */ |