Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263990AbTEFRBT (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:01:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263992AbTEFRBT (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:01:19 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:58897 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263990AbTEFRBS (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:01:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:13:46 +0100 From: Russell King To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= Cc: Marcus Meissner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Only use MSDOS-Partitions by default on X86 Message-ID: <20030506181346.C15174@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= , Marcus Meissner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030505210811.GC7049@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <1052218090.28792.15.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <20030506120939.GB15261@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <20030506122844.95332D872@Hermes.suse.de> <20030506124212.GE15261@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030506150318.C21775@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20030506153252.GA13830@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030506153252.GA13830@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>; from joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de on Tue, May 06, 2003 at 05:32:52PM +0200 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 839 Lines: 19 On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 05:32:52PM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote: > Maybe I was just thinking the wrong way. Given that my systems don't > use IDE, SCSI, a floppy or anything emulating one of them, like USB > storage or CF. I don't want MSDOS partitioning, but in fact, I don't > want any of the disk-centric code at all, fs/partitions is just a part > of that. Maybe introducing a CONFIG_DISK option and making partitioning as a whole depend on that ? -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/