Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:36:45 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK |
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On Tue, Oct 17 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >> fs/Kconfig has: > >> > >> if BLOCK > >> menu "DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems" > > > >> Why is it wrapped into BLOCK, or, why are all of the other filesystems > >> which require a block device? > > > >Some filesystems (such as /proc, /sys, and so on - basicaly, the "pseudo" file > >systems) are able to stand by themselves. Filesystems that read actual blocks > >of data off actual media will require the services of the block layer to do > >that. So if you've built a tiny embedded kernel that doesn't include the block > >layer, you can't read those sorts of filesystems.... > > Never mind, I see that some filesystems have 'depends on BLOCK' instead > of being wrapped into if BLOCK. Not really consistent but whatever.
Feel free to send in patches that make things more consistent.
-- Jens Axboe
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