From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755522Ab1HKA6e (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:58:34 -0400 Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.21.8]:36528 "HELO oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755329Ab1HKA6b (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:58:31 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:58:29 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Peng Tao Cc: Linus Torvalds , Trond Myklebust , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-rc1 (nfs/pnfs and drivers/md) Message-Id: <20110810175829.a834d80f.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20110810122304.96b8be67.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {1807:box742.bluehost.com:xenotime:xenotime.net} {sentby:smtp auth 50.53.38.135 authed with rdunlap@xenotime.net} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:35:50 +0800 Peng Tao wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > When CONFIG_BLOCK is not enabled (x86_64): > > > > warning: (NFS_V4_1) selects MD which has unmet direct dependencies (BLOCK) > MD depends on BLOCK but when MD is selected, it will not select BLOCK. > Selecting BLOCK at NFS_V4_1 can solve this but it's like resolving > dependency from top down. > > Is MD designed to not be selected from the first place? If not, can we > change it to selecting BLOCK? Hopefully MD will not select BLOCK. The blocklayout parts of NVS_V4_1 could depend on BLOCK. or all of NVS_V4_1 can depend on BLOCK. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***