On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 03:35:14PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Is
> > 
> > CONFIG_BLOCK=y
> > CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=y
> > CONFIG_ROMFS_ON_BLOCK=n
> > CONFIG_ROMFS_ON_MTD=y
> > 
> > a reasonable configuration that should be supported, or can we turn 
> > CONFIG_ROMFS_ON_BLOCK always on if CONFIG_BLOCK=y?
> 
> Hmmm...  I don't really know the answer to that, apart from it depends.  On a
> non-embedded device, it's entirely reasonable, I think, to turn
> CONFIG_ROMFS_ON_BLOCK on if CONFIG_BLOCK is on, no questions asked.  However,
> on an embedded device you might want the extra option.

OK, what about the patch below?

> David

cu
Adrian


<--  snip  -->


This patch:
- adds the missing dependency of ROMFS_FS on BLOCK || MTD
- disallows the illegal ROMFS_FS=y, MTD=m, ROMFS_ON_MTD=y
- ensures that at least one of ROMFS_ON_BLOCK and ROMFS_ON_MTD is always 
  enabled:
  - automatically enable ROMFS_ON_MTD if BLOCK=n
  - automatically enable ROMFS_ON_BLOCK if ROMFS_ON_MTD=n
- if EMBEDDED=n, ROMFS_ON_BLOCK is always enabled
  - the "(which may have been disabled)" that could now confuse
    users has therefore been removed from the help text

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---

 fs/Kconfig |   17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.21-rc2-mm1/fs/Kconfig.old 2007-03-04 23:04:41.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc2-mm1/fs/Kconfig     2007-03-04 23:24:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@
 
 config ROMFS_FS
        tristate "ROM file system support"
+       depends on BLOCK || MTD
        ---help---
          This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
          initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
@@ -499,8 +500,9 @@
          answer N.
 
 config ROMFS_ON_BLOCK
-       bool "Block device-backed ROM file system support"
+       bool "Block device-backed ROM file system support" if (ROMFS_ON_MTD && 
EMBEDDED)
        depends on ROMFS_FS && BLOCK
+       default y
        help
          This permits ROMFS to use block devices buffered through the page
          cache as the medium from which to retrieve data.  It does not allow
@@ -509,14 +511,15 @@
          If unsure, answer Y.
 
 config ROMFS_ON_MTD
-       bool "MTD-backed ROM file system support"
-       depends on ROMFS_FS && MTD
+       bool "MTD-backed ROM file system support" if BLOCK
+       depends on ROMFS_FS
+       depends on MTD=y || (ROMFS_FS=m && MTD)
+       default y
        help
          This permits ROMFS to use MTD based devices directly, without the
-         intercession of the block layer (which may have been disabled).  It
-         also allows direct mapping of MTD devices through romfs files under
-         NOMMU conditions if the underlying device is directly addressable by
-         the CPU.
+         intercession of the block layer.  It also allows direct mapping of
+         MTD devices through romfs files under NOMMU conditions if the
+         underlying device is directly addressable by the CPU.
 
          If unsure, answer Y.
 

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