[PATCH] doc: Remove misleading reference to brd in dax.rst
From: Daniel Palmer via B4 Relay
Date: Mon Jun 09 2025 - 19:38:00 EST
From: Daniel Palmer <daniel.palmer@xxxxxxxx>
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 <daniel.palmer@xxxxxxxx>
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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 not attempt to
implement direct_access.
These block devices may be used for inspiration:
-- brd: RAM backed block device driver
- pmem: NVDIMM persistent memory driver
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base-commit: 19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494
change-id: 20250610-fixdasrstbrd20250610-074d8ed5623d
Best regards,
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Daniel Palmer <daniel.palmer@xxxxxxxx>