From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove if !PARTITION_ADVANCED condition in defaults
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:11:00 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0411111507090.2301@ppc970.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200411112302.iABN2Pu01711@apps.cwi.nl>
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
>
> So, the below advises people "Say Y here" for MSDOS_PARTITION,
> and does not change the default choices when PARTITION_ADVANCED
> is selected.
Actually, we should make MSDOS_PARTITION not ask at all, unless
CONFIG_EMBEDDED is set.
That's really what EMBEDDED means: ask about things that no sane person
would leave out. So how about just changing that "if PARTITION_ADVANCED"
into "if EMBEDDED" on MSDOS?
That way PARTITION_ADVANCED really _does_ mean "do you want some
additional choices", without implying that MSDOS would be advancedl. I
absolutely agree that everybody (regardless of architecture) wants msdos
partitions, if only because they are the defacto thing for things like
removable camera media etc.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-11 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-11 23:02 Andries.Brouwer
2004-11-11 23:11 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2004-11-11 23:19 ` Andries Brouwer
2004-11-12 2:01 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-12 11:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-11-12 12:20 ` Andries Brouwer
2004-11-12 13:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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