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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2007-07-18 08:47:45 -0700
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xen: add virtual block device driver.
The block device frontend driver allows the kernel to access block devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical block device driver. Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 8f65b88cf71..a4a31199240 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -427,4 +427,13 @@ config XILINX_SYSACE
help
Include support for the Xilinx SystemACE CompactFlash interface
+config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
+ tristate "Xen virtual block device support"
+ depends on XEN
+ default y
+ help
+ This driver implements the front-end of the Xen virtual
+ block device driver. It communicates with a back-end driver
+ in another domain which drives the actual block device.
+
endif # BLK_DEV