[Precise][PATCH 0/2] zcache can't be built as a module

[Tim Gardner]

On 05/08/2012 12:19 AM, Jesse Sung wrote:
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995163
>
> Since an extra kernel boot parameter must be provided
> to enable zcache functionality, making it builtin would
> not harm users who do not use it.
>
>
> Jesse Sung (1):
>    Set CONFIG_ZCACHE to y
>
> Seth Jennings (1):
>    staging: zcache: make zcache builtin only
>
>   debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu |    2 +-
>   drivers/staging/zcache/Kconfig            |    2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>
>
>

While this patch is correct in that zcache cannot be a module in order 
to be useful, I'm not too wild about enabling a built-in staging driver. 
Folks that want to experiment with this feature can also likely build 
their own kernel. Do you have a compelling use case ?

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com