xen: add virtual block device driver.

The block device frontend driver allows the kernel to access block
devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical
block device driver.
Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

drivers/block/Kconfig

@@ -427,4 +427,13 @@ config XILINX_SYSACE
 	help
 	  Include support for the Xilinx SystemACE CompactFlash interface
 
+config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
+	tristate "Xen virtual block device support"
+	depends on XEN
+	default y
+	help
+	  This driver implements the front-end of the Xen virtual
+	  block device driver.  It communicates with a back-end driver
+	  in another domain which drives the actual block device.
+
 endif # BLK_DEV

drivers/block/Makefile

@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIODASD)		+= viodasd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8)	+= sx8.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB)	+= ub.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND)	+= xen-blkfront.o

include/linux/major.h

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
 #define VXSPEC_MAJOR		200	/* VERITAS volume config driver */
 #define VXDMP_MAJOR		201	/* VERITAS volume multipath driver */
 
+#define XENVBD_MAJOR		202	/* Xen virtual block device */
+
 #define MSR_MAJOR		202
 #define CPUID_MAJOR		203