config ROMFS_FS
tristate "ROM file system support"
- depends on BLOCK
+ depends on BLOCK || MTD
---help---
This is a very small read-only file system mainly intended for
initial ram disks of installation disks, but it could be used for
If you don't know whether you need it, then you don't need it:
answer N.
+
+#
+# Select the backing stores to be supported
+#
+choice
+ prompt "RomFS backing stores"
+ depends on ROMFS_FS
+ default ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BLOCK
+ help
+ Select the backing stores to be supported.
+
+config ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BLOCK
+ bool "Block device-backed ROM file system support"
+ depends on BLOCK
+ help
+ This permits ROMFS to use block devices buffered through the page
+ cache as the medium from which to retrieve data. It does not allow
+ direct mapping of the medium.
+
+ If unsure, answer Y.
+
+config ROMFS_BACKED_BY_MTD
+ bool "MTD-backed ROM file system support"
+ depends on MTD=y || (ROMFS_FS=m && MTD)
+ help
+ This permits ROMFS to use MTD based devices directly, without the
+ intercession of the block layer (which may have been disabled). It
+ also allows direct mapping of MTD devices through romfs files under
+ NOMMU conditions if the underlying device is directly addressable by
+ the CPU.
+
+ If unsure, answer Y.
+
+config ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BOTH
+ bool "Both the above"
+ depends on BLOCK && (MTD=y || (ROMFS_FS=m && MTD))
+endchoice
+
+
+config ROMFS_ON_BLOCK
+ bool
+ default y if ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BLOCK || ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BOTH
+
+config ROMFS_ON_MTD
+ bool
+ default y if ROMFS_BACKED_BY_MTD || ROMFS_BACKED_BY_BOTH