From 6f7e5ccc2a62b1329804fd5409d814b2a15a0d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 162551 b: refs/heads/master c: a3b2e09333ce811e69ac71379a2dd8ccd1b2ca6f h: refs/heads/master i: 162549: 6b066f8416c5959fb71a4b0b14d11092ba6d141a 162547: 48ed2c40edb69153074dd4464ad285d448cf12c3 162543: 44ddf412b132a0625b63194055582552c53ee7bc v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++ trunk/drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Makefile | 1 + 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig create mode 100644 trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Makefile diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 4975e8f106e3..b95eaf39c268 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 5cc06df69f0865750ed5c95e3d930be31b7c861e +refs/heads/master: a3b2e09333ce811e69ac71379a2dd8ccd1b2ca6f diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/staging/Kconfig index 2b3c0c45571d..ee073ce39740 100644 --- a/trunk/drivers/staging/Kconfig +++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/Kconfig @@ -141,5 +141,7 @@ source "drivers/staging/sep/Kconfig" source "drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig" +source "drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig" + endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD endif # STAGING diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/Makefile b/trunk/drivers/staging/Makefile index aa9553cc6a58..c5c8cae3645d 100644 --- a/trunk/drivers/staging/Makefile +++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/Makefile @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VME_BUS) += vme/ obj-$(CONFIG_RAR_REGISTER) += rar/ obj-$(CONFIG_DX_SEP) += sep/ obj-$(CONFIG_IIO) += iio/ +obj-$(CONFIG_COWLOOP) += cowloop/ diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..58d2a23bd2c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +config COWLOOP + tristate "copy-on-write pseudo Block Driver" + depends on BLOCK + default n + ---help--- + Cowloop is a "copy-on-write" pseudo block driver. It can be + stacked on top of a "real" block driver, and catches all write + operations on their way from the file systems layer above to + the real driver below, effectively shielding the lower driver + from those write accesses. The requests are then diverted to + an ordinary file, located somewhere else (configurable). Later + read requests are checked to see whether they can be serviced + by the "real" block driver below, or must be pulled in from + the diverted location. More information and userspace tools to + use the driver are on the project's website + http://www.ATComputing.nl/cowloop/ diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Makefile b/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2b6b81a63d21 --- /dev/null +++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/cowloop/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +obj-$(CONFIG_COWLOOP) += cowloop.o