docs: blockdev: add it to the admin-guide
The blockdev book basically contains user-faced documentation. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>alistair/sunxi64-5.4-dsi
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Unknown -> Primary [ label = "connected" ]
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Unknown -> Primary [ label = "connected" ]
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Unknown -> Secondary [ label = "connected" ]
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Unknown -> Secondary [ label = "connected" ]
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}
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}
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===========================
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===========================
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The Linux RapidIO Subsystem
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The Linux RapidIO Subsystem
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===========================
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===========================
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java
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java
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ras
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ras
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bcache
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bcache
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blockdev/index
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ext4
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ext4
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binderfs
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binderfs
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pm/index
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pm/index
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See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
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See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
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floppy= [HW]
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floppy= [HW]
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See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
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force_pal_cache_flush
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force_pal_cache_flush
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[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
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[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
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memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
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memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
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load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
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load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
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See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
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lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
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Format: <integer>
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Format: <integer>
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pcd. [PARIDE]
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pcd. [PARIDE]
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See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
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See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
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See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst.
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See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
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pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
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pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
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needed on a platform with proper driver support.
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needed on a platform with proper driver support.
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pd. [PARIDE]
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pd. [PARIDE]
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See Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
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pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
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pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
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boot time.
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boot time.
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and performance comparison.
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and performance comparison.
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pf. [PARIDE]
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pf. [PARIDE]
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See Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
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pg. [PARIDE]
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pg. [PARIDE]
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See Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
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pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
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pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
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See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
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See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
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prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
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prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
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before loading.
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before loading.
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See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
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psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
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tracking.
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tracking.
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pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
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pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
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pt. [PARIDE]
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pt. [PARIDE]
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See Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
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pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
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pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
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kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
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kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
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See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
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ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
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ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
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See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
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random.trust_cpu={on,off}
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random.trust_cpu={on,off}
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[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
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[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
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10
MAINTAINERS
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MAINTAINERS
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S: Supported
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S: Supported
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F: drivers/block/drbd/
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F: drivers/block/drbd/
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F: lib/lru_cache.c
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F: lib/lru_cache.c
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F: Documentation/blockdev/drbd/
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F: Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/
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DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS AND SYSFS
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DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS AND SYSFS
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M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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S: Maintained
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S: Maintained
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L: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
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L: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
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L: nbd@other.debian.org
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L: nbd@other.debian.org
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F: Documentation/blockdev/nbd.rst
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F: Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/nbd.rst
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F: drivers/block/nbd.c
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F: drivers/block/nbd.c
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F: include/trace/events/nbd.h
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F: include/trace/events/nbd.h
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F: include/uapi/linux/nbd.h
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F: include/uapi/linux/nbd.h
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M: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.net>
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M: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.net>
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L: linux-parport@lists.infradead.org (subscribers-only)
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L: linux-parport@lists.infradead.org (subscribers-only)
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S: Maintained
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S: Maintained
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F: Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst
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F: Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst
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F: drivers/block/paride/
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F: drivers/block/paride/
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PARISC ARCHITECTURE
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PARISC ARCHITECTURE
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RAMDISK RAM BLOCK DEVICE DRIVER
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RAMDISK RAM BLOCK DEVICE DRIVER
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M: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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M: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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S: Maintained
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S: Maintained
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F: Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.rst
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F: Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst
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F: drivers/block/brd.c
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F: drivers/block/brd.c
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RANCHU VIRTUAL BOARD FOR MIPS
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RANCHU VIRTUAL BOARD FOR MIPS
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L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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S: Maintained
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S: Maintained
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F: drivers/block/zram/
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F: drivers/block/zram/
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F: Documentation/blockdev/zram.rst
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F: Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
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ZS DECSTATION Z85C30 SERIAL DRIVER
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ZS DECSTATION Z85C30 SERIAL DRIVER
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M: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
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M: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
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If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
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If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
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say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
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say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
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Thinkpad users, is contained in
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Thinkpad users, is contained in
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<file:Documentation/blockdev/floppy.rst>.
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<file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst>.
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That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
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That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
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well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
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well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
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parameters of the driver at run time.
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parameters of the driver at run time.
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your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
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your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
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using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
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using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
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subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
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subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
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Read <file:Documentation/blockdev/paride.rst> for more information.
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Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst> for more information.
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If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
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If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
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option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
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option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
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userland (making server and client physically the same computer,
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userland (making server and client physically the same computer,
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communicating using the loopback network device).
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communicating using the loopback network device).
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Read <file:Documentation/blockdev/nbd.rst> for more information,
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Read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/nbd.rst> for more information,
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especially about where to find the server code, which runs in user
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especially about where to find the server code, which runs in user
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space and does not need special kernel support.
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space and does not need special kernel support.
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during the initial install of Linux.
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during the initial install of Linux.
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Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now obsolete.
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Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now obsolete.
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For details, read <file:Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.rst>.
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For details, read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst>.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called brd. An alias "rd" has been defined
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module will be called brd. An alias "rd" has been defined
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pr_cont("\n");
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pr_cont("\n");
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} else
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} else
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DPRINT("botched floppy option\n");
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DPRINT("botched floppy option\n");
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DPRINT("Read Documentation/blockdev/floppy.rst\n");
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DPRINT("Read Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst\n");
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return 0;
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return 0;
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}
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}
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It has several use cases, for example: /tmp storage, use as swap
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disks and maybe many more.
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disks and maybe many more.
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See Documentation/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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config ZRAM_WRITEBACK
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config ZRAM_WRITEBACK
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bool "Write back incompressible or idle page to backing device"
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bool "Write back incompressible or idle page to backing device"
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With /sys/block/zramX/{idle,writeback}, application could ask
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idle page's writeback to the backing device to save in memory.
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idle page's writeback to the backing device to save in memory.
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See Documentation/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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config ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING
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config ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING
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bool "Track zRam block status"
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bool "Track zRam block status"
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of zRAM. Admin could see the information via
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of zRAM. Admin could see the information via
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/sys/kernel/debug/zram/zramX/block_state.
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/sys/kernel/debug/zram/zramX/block_state.
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See Documentation/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst for more information.
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- mkfs/ mkfs.ext4
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- mkfs/ mkfs.ext4
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For more information please refer:
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For more information please refer:
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kernel-source-tree/Documentation/blockdev/zram.rst
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kernel-source-tree/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
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