From a4c348580e65c95d4b278bb6f154f622df12b893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 16:10:55 -0400 Subject: xen/blkback: Flesh out the description in the Kconfig. with more details. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk --- drivers/block/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 9abb6468971..717d6e4e18d 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -478,6 +478,19 @@ config XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND block devices to other guests via a high-performance shared-memory interface. + The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the + CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. + + The backend driver attaches itself to a any block device specified + in the XenBus configuration. There are no limits to what the block + device as long as it has a major and minor. + + If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen block backend driver + domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To + compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module + will be called xen-blkback. + + config VIRTIO_BLK tristate "Virtio block driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO -- cgit v1.2.3