Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262448AbUKKX0H (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:26:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262429AbUKKXQe (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:16:34 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:56478 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262431AbUKKXLR (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:11:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:11:00 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove if !PARTITION_ADVANCED condition in defaults In-Reply-To: <200411112302.iABN2Pu01711@apps.cwi.nl> Message-ID: References: <200411112302.iABN2Pu01711@apps.cwi.nl> 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 Content-Length: 1031 Lines: 27 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 - 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/