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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2008-10-13 04:46:01 -0400
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2008-10-17 02:46:56 -0400
commit0e11e342bac31f51ea055b147d20f77b59b9dd2c (patch)
tree922439ce3dbc495bc2e013fa775ceefad60d5a1f
parent54514a70adefe356afe854e2d3912d46668068e6 (diff)
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 <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 31d784dd80d0..b0f239e443bc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
652 depends on BLOCK 652 depends on BLOCK
653 default n 653 default n
654 help 654 help
655 BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON
656 SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT
657 YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever
658 is broken.
659
655 Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from 660 Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from
656 predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area 661 predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area
657 may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This 662 may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This