From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:46:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: block: add BIG FAT WARNING to CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc1~261^2~10 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e11e342bac31f51ea055b147d20f77b59b9dd2c;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git block: add BIG FAT WARNING to CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT can break booting even on some modern distros. Add BIG FAT WARNING to keep people at a safe distance. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 31d784dd80d..b0f239e443b 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT depends on BLOCK default n help + BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON + SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT + YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever + is broken. + Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This