From nobody Mon Feb 9 06:45:33 2026 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30F751E9B31; Mon, 9 Jun 2025 23:37:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1749512273; cv=none; b=G6p6lQKWdKhkh8CELG34dkDB/8QFIpBzknFt1+00O1eY5ru1K0mYYqrFbTkLUkIQKSw45s+9nNh0JLYfyrzVHmmmom8dx/gvNKFoSIL1gvsOR0Yt2ASB+7fCWNH0LakQ5U/iRZZhp2Hk/MOSkiVUT4dfLWzabL20i4Ik76qnSV0= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1749512273; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iYdPXbBfs0hWf5hFWSgk+TtoM4uOR6tLUwht/xnkfIQ=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:To:Cc; b=i2E7EheIHydJcihBY/RKpuoo3UYIrQE8Wkx8ZQjub0/CVm20TQO4cVJSba6RIJOvcREnv+bVIhrb/oZgTgjQG8cyhFE3fVUJyfSt21O3+8NlHaivffdwqv77Om52Z7IulgZfypOtoQurlV94X0VCh57baDQV6mXDiFJV3HnaKsY= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=G48M2sLK; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="G48M2sLK" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0FA9C4CEEB; Mon, 9 Jun 2025 23:37:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1749512272; bh=iYdPXbBfs0hWf5hFWSgk+TtoM4uOR6tLUwht/xnkfIQ=; h=From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:Reply-To:From; b=G48M2sLKyGRvdihwcbHyCkFXuhYm/N3cDWTk/Zhk8YP9Cjh5jtHnUs91yYvC5hb/R DxaGaciIEjj8REh3uRq5Ur3+Ize4ZA8+lPF2cyiAQ171jaAbO72Y8vSicVhS6PF9Gs akbG1ZRPmywcMmsVVi/wk6xindAcF0gsAFIdnbAnHGKVS2rKEQcqDsR7b9FxPJKKOn z3OhnptJySO27ECr+o50wfvwg6xV1Ar6aWgY9/732t7RfHZ4cGcQl/4fLAA2T4T5rd Smml/7LXlhAbm/r01Od8E3xGWBJ/B1g7hVcfBgAJsoXgCAGpujV2v0H6trnBNjDSq8 E3rO+IM3snQ3g== Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E501C5B552; Mon, 9 Jun 2025 23:37:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Daniel Palmer via B4 Relay Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:37:38 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Remove misleading reference to brd in dax.rst Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20250610-fixdasrstbrd20250610-v1-1-4abe3b7f381a@sony.com> X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAEFwR2gC/6tWKk4tykwtVrJSqFYqSi3LLM7MzwNyDHUUlJIzE vPSU3UzU4B8JSMDI1MDM0MD3bTMipTE4qLikqSiFLiggblJikVqiqmZkXGKElBrQVEqUB3Y2Oj Y2loAn/ifM2YAAAA= To: Jonathan Corbet , Dan Williams Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Palmer X-Mailer: b4 0.14.1 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1749512271; l=1013; i=daniel.palmer@sony.com; s=20250610; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=bneb9TzHhD7XIfcboMGGWopLiATbX15rmlqAcruoZnw=; b=LmEVIPJtVyUCpQuvYeq1sHgZr+XqcOro4z/qlbTF3O5uDLfJPq2SbLBt4AoXhKgV3OOt8qI2N 5NMPTIdcnuXBPOlk9JMHouKtL5vWPg8623aHGOV9ETf0yTI/N042nIo X-Developer-Key: i=daniel.palmer@sony.com; a=ed25519; pk=dbwvNAF3zvjUZOTEPBh6uYWrBnOi7OPuXkoDcmmS8aY= X-Endpoint-Received: by B4 Relay for daniel.palmer@sony.com/20250610 with auth_id=430 X-Original-From: Daniel Palmer Reply-To: daniel.palmer@sony.com From: Daniel Palmer brd hasn't supported DAX for a long time but dax.rst still suggests it as an example of how to write a DAX supporting block driver. Remove the reference, confuse less people. Fixes: 7a862fbbdec6 ("brd: remove dax support") Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer --- Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/= dax.rst index 08dd5e254cc5..5b283f3d1eb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst @@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ stall the CPU for an extended period, you should also n= ot attempt to implement direct_access. =20 These block devices may be used for inspiration: -- brd: RAM backed block device driver - pmem: NVDIMM persistent memory driver =20 =20 --- base-commit: 19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494 change-id: 20250610-fixdasrstbrd20250610-074d8ed5623d Best regards, --=20 Daniel Palmer