Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262475AbUKKXVT (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:21:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262487AbUKKXVN (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:21:13 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:23535 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262475AbUKKXTj (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:19:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:19:35 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove if !PARTITION_ADVANCED condition in defaults Message-ID: <20041111231935.GC13442@apps.cwi.nl> References: <200411112302.iABN2Pu01711@apps.cwi.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1008 Lines: 29 On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 03:11:00PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > 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. I think that is going too far. It must be possible to deselect it on an old non-i386 machine without USB, or an old i386 machine with BSD or minix partition table, or ... > That way PARTITION_ADVANCED really _does_ mean "do you want some > additional choices" That is what it means right now (after my patch). And one of the additional choices is to deselect MSDOS_PARTITION. Andries - 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/