Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262482AbUKLCC4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:02:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262473AbUKLCCz (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:02:55 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.44]:1484 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262458AbUKLCBs (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:01:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <200411112302.iABN2Pu01711@apps.cwi.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove if !PARTITION_ADVANCED condition in defaults Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:01:40 -0500 To: Linus Torvalds X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1209 Lines: 34 On Nov 11, 2004, at 18:11, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Actually, we should make MSDOS_PARTITION not ask at all, unless > CONFIG_EMBEDDED is set. My dual 1GHz G4 isn't an embedded system by any means, but I don't want to load crappy MSDOS partition drivers into it, it's intended to have a blazingly fast boot time with minimal extra drivers. > 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? If you make this specific to x86, that _may_ be OK, but I suspect others who only have only BSD partitioning schemes may object. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a17 C++++>$ UB/L/X/*++++(+)>$ P+++(++++)>$ L++++(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+ PGP+++ t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b++++(++) DI+ D+ G e->++++$ h!*()>++$ r !y?(-) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ - 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/