From 373282e7ab6840cd583a223fa90628f2d8293c26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Pittman Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 12:06:37 -0500 Subject: null_blk: add zoned config support information If the kernel is built without CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED, a modprobe of the null_blk driver with zoned=1 fails with 'Invalid argument'. This can be confusing to users, prompting a search as to why the parameter is invalid. To assist in that search, add a bit more information to the failure, additionally adding to the documentation that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is needed for zoned=1. Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: John Pittman Added null_blk prefix to error message. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Documentation/block/null_blk.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt index ea2dafe49ae8..4cad1024fff7 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0 zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0 0: Block device is exposed as a random-access block device. - 1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. + 1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires + CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED. zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256 Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b