[systemd-devel] [PATCH] udev: Adding zram to inappropriate block device

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Feb 6 09:45:47 PST 2014


On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 04:54:59PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> 
> On 02/06/2014 03:39 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>>Right now you have to decide before loading the module how many
> >>>devices you want. And also when trying to use a device (any device),
> >>>you have to look for one. The same issues as with loop.
> >Given that the code doesn't have the ability to dynamically add/remove
> >devices, I think we are stuck with this, right?
> 
> This  may come as a completely stupid question but if the code is expected
> to be able to dynamically add/remove devices should not upstream ( kernel )
> nack inclusion of zram until it does?

I don't think the code is expected to be able to do that, have you
looked at it and seen where it does?

thanks,

greg k-h


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