Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:56:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:55:35 -0400 Received: from wisdn-0.gus.net ([208.146.196.17]:23568 "EHLO cerberus.stardot-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:54:11 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:53:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Treadway To: "Eric S. Raymond" cc: , Subject: Re: Cross-referencing frenzy In-Reply-To: <20010419133347.A3515@thyrsus.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Andreas Dilger : > > However, I'm not sure that your reasoning for removing these is correct. > > For example, one symbol that I saw was CONFIG_EXT2_CHECK, which is code > > that used to be enabled in the kernel, but is currently #ifdef'd out with > > the above symbol. When Ted changed this, he wasn't sure whether we would > > need the code again in the future. I enable it sometimes when I'm doing > > ext2 development, but it may not be worthy of a separate config option > > that 99.9% of people will just be confused about. > > I think things like that don't belong in the CONFIG_ namespace to begin > with. How about CONFIG_DEBUG_ or just simply DEBUG_? You could even have a CML add-on or switch that configures the various DEBUG_ options (but perhaps thats a bit too strange). - 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/