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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/block/Makefile, branch v3.0.79</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>xen/blkback: Move it from drivers/xen to drivers/block</title>
<updated>2011-04-18T18:30:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk</name>
<email>konrad.wilk@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-04-18T18:24:23+00:00</published>
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.. and modify the Makefile and Kconfig files appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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.. and modify the Makefile and Kconfig files appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>drivers/block/Makefile: replace the use of &lt;module&gt;-objs with &lt;module&gt;-y</title>
<updated>2011-01-19T15:25:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tracey Dent</name>
<email>tdent48227@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-01-19T15:25:02+00:00</published>
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Change Makefile to use &lt;modules&gt;-y instead of &lt;modules&gt;-objs because -objs
is deprecated and should now be switched.  According to
(documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt).

Signed-off-by: Tracey Dent &lt;tdent48227@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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Change Makefile to use &lt;modules&gt;-y instead of &lt;modules&gt;-objs because -objs
is deprecated and should now be switched.  According to
(documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt).

Signed-off-by: Tracey Dent &lt;tdent48227@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jaxboe@fusionio.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rbd: introduce rados block device (rbd), based on libceph</title>
<updated>2010-10-20T22:38:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yehuda Sadeh</name>
<email>yehuda@hq.newdream.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-12T23:11:25+00:00</published>
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The rados block device (rbd), based on osdblk, creates a block device
that is backed by objects stored in the Ceph distributed object storage
cluster.  Each device consists of a single metadata object and data
striped over many data objects.

The rbd driver supports read-only snapshots.

Signed-off-by: Yehuda Sadeh &lt;yehuda@hq.newdream.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil &lt;sage@newdream.net&gt;
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The rados block device (rbd), based on osdblk, creates a block device
that is backed by objects stored in the Ceph distributed object storage
cluster.  Each device consists of a single metadata object and data
striped over many data objects.

The rbd driver supports read-only snapshots.

Signed-off-by: Yehuda Sadeh &lt;yehuda@hq.newdream.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil &lt;sage@newdream.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>The DRBD driver</title>
<updated>2009-10-01T19:17:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Philipp Reisner</name>
<email>philipp.reisner@linbit.com</email>
</author>
<published>2009-09-25T23:07:19+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner &lt;philipp.reisner@linbit.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg &lt;lars.ellenberg@linbit.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner &lt;philipp.reisner@linbit.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg &lt;lars.ellenberg@linbit.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>osdblk: a Linux block device for OSD objects</title>
<updated>2009-06-24T09:25:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Garzik</name>
<email>jeff@garzik.org</email>
</author>
<published>2009-04-10T11:50:45+00:00</published>
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Submitted driver exports a block device of the form /dev/osdblkX,
where X is a decimal number.

It does that by mounting a stacking block device on top
of an osd object. For example, if you create a 2G object
on an OSD device, you can then use this module to present
that 2G object as a Linux block device.

See inside patch for exact documentation.

[Sitting at linux-next helped fix proper Kconfig dependency
 for this driver, thanks to Randy Dunlap]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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Submitted driver exports a block device of the form /dev/osdblkX,
where X is a decimal number.

It does that by mounting a stacking block device on top
of an osd object. For example, if you create a 2G object
on an OSD device, you can then use this module to present
that 2G object as a Linux block device.

See inside patch for exact documentation.

[Sitting at linux-next helped fix proper Kconfig dependency
 for this driver, thanks to Randy Dunlap]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>mflash: initial support</title>
<updated>2009-04-07T06:12:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>unsik Kim</name>
<email>donari75@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2009-04-02T19:50:58+00:00</published>
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This driver supports mflash IO mode for linux.

Mflash is embedded flash drive and mainly targeted mobile and consumer
electronic devices.

Internally, mflash has nand flash and other hardware logics and supports 2
different operation (ATA, IO) modes.  ATA mode doesn't need any new driver
and currently works well under standard IDE subsystem.  Actually it's one
chip SSD.  IO mode is ATA-like custom mode for the host that doesn't have
IDE interface.

Followings are brief descriptions about IO mode.
A. IO mode based on ATA protocol and uses some custom command. (read confirm,
write confirm)
B. IO mode uses SRAM bus interface.
C. IO mode supports 4kB boot area, so host can boot from mflash.

This driver is quitely similar to a standard ATA driver, but because of
following reasons it is currently seperated with ATA layer.

1. ATA layer deals standard ATA protocol.  ATA layer have many low-
   level device specific interface, but data transfer keeps ATA rule.
   But, mflash IO mode doesn't.

2. Even though currently not used in mflash driver code, mflash has
   some custom command and modes.  (nand fusing, firmware patch, etc) If
   this feature supported in linux kernel, ATA layer more altered.

3. Currently PATA platform device driver doesn't support interrupt.
   (I'm not sure) But, mflash uses interrupt (polling mode is just for
   debug).

4. mflash is somewhat under-develop product.  Even though some company
   already using mflash their own product, I think more time is needed for
   standardization of custom command and mode.  That time (maybe October)
   I will talk to with ATA people.  If they accept integration, I will
   integrate.

Signed-off-by: unsik Kim &lt;donari75@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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This driver supports mflash IO mode for linux.

Mflash is embedded flash drive and mainly targeted mobile and consumer
electronic devices.

Internally, mflash has nand flash and other hardware logics and supports 2
different operation (ATA, IO) modes.  ATA mode doesn't need any new driver
and currently works well under standard IDE subsystem.  Actually it's one
chip SSD.  IO mode is ATA-like custom mode for the host that doesn't have
IDE interface.

Followings are brief descriptions about IO mode.
A. IO mode based on ATA protocol and uses some custom command. (read confirm,
write confirm)
B. IO mode uses SRAM bus interface.
C. IO mode supports 4kB boot area, so host can boot from mflash.

This driver is quitely similar to a standard ATA driver, but because of
following reasons it is currently seperated with ATA layer.

1. ATA layer deals standard ATA protocol.  ATA layer have many low-
   level device specific interface, but data transfer keeps ATA rule.
   But, mflash IO mode doesn't.

2. Even though currently not used in mflash driver code, mflash has
   some custom command and modes.  (nand fusing, firmware patch, etc) If
   this feature supported in linux kernel, ATA layer more altered.

3. Currently PATA platform device driver doesn't support interrupt.
   (I'm not sure) But, mflash uses interrupt (polling mode is just for
   debug).

4. mflash is somewhat under-develop product.  Even though some company
   already using mflash their own product, I think more time is needed for
   standardization of custom command and mode.  That time (maybe October)
   I will talk to with ATA people.  If they accept integration, I will
   integrate.

Signed-off-by: unsik Kim &lt;donari75@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>m68k: mac - Add SWIM floppy support</title>
<updated>2009-03-26T20:15:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Laurent Vivier</name>
<email>laurent@lvivier.info</email>
</author>
<published>2008-11-15T15:10:10+00:00</published>
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It allows to read data from a floppy, but not to write to, and to eject the
floppy (useful on our Mac without eject button).

Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier &lt;Laurent@lvivier.info&gt;
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert@linux-m68k.org&gt;
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It allows to read data from a floppy, but not to write to, and to eject the
floppy (useful on our Mac without eject button).

Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier &lt;Laurent@lvivier.info&gt;
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert@linux-m68k.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ps3/block: Replace mtd/ps3vram by block/ps3vram</title>
<updated>2009-03-13T05:07:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Geert Uytterhoeven</name>
<email>Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com</email>
</author>
<published>2009-03-06T02:54:09+00:00</published>
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Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block
device driver.

The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device
suitable for storage or swap.  Fast data transfer is achieved using a local
cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU.

The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com&gt;
Acked-by: Geoff Levand &lt;geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block
device driver.

The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device
suitable for storage or swap.  Fast data transfer is achieved using a local
cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU.

The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com&gt;
Acked-by: Geoff Levand &lt;geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>move ide/legacy/hd.c to drivers/block/</title>
<updated>2008-07-16T18:33:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Bunk</name>
<email>bunk@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-16T18:33:47+00:00</published>
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This patch moves hd.c to drivers/block/

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz &lt;bzolnier@gmail.com&gt;
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This patch moves hd.c to drivers/block/

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz &lt;bzolnier@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>The ps2esdi driver was marked as BROKEN more than two years ago due to being</title>
<updated>2008-03-17T08:03:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adrian Bunk</name>
<email>bunk@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-03-06T15:02:42+00:00</published>
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no longer working for some time.

A driver that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seems to be
unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.

But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still present in
the older kernel releases.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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no longer working for some time.

A driver that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seems to be
unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.

But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still present in
the older kernel releases.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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