[2.6 patch] drivers/block/rd.c: don't make a variable static

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Fri May 06 2005 - 04:51:34 EST


On Mon, 2 May 2005 11:47, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch makes a needlessly global variable static.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm2-full/drivers/block/rd.c.old 2005-04-10
> 02:00:08.000000000 +0200 +++
> linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm2-full/drivers/block/rd.c 2005-04-10 02:01:00.000000000
> +0200 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
> * architecture-specific setup routine (from the stored boot sector
> * information).
> */
> -int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE; /* Size of the RAM disks */
> +static int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE; /* Size of the RAM disks */
> /*
> * It would be very desirable to have a soft-blocksize (that in the case
> * of the ramdisk driver is also the hardblocksize ;) of PAGE_SIZE because


This patch breaks PPC iSeries in arch/ppc64/kernel/iSeries_setup.c


--- veth-fixes/drivers/block/rd.c 2005-05-06 19:26:53.000000000 +1000
+++ 2.6.12-rc3/drivers/block/rd.c 2005-04-29 15:14:23.000000000 +1000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
* architecture-specific setup routine (from the stored boot sector
* information).
*/
-static int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE; /* Size of the RAM disks */
+int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE; /* Size of the RAM disks */
/*
* It would be very desirable to have a soft-blocksize (that in the case
* of the ramdisk driver is also the hardblocksize ;) of PAGE_SIZE because
-
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