Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161051AbWJUAOW (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:14:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161087AbWJUAOW (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:14:22 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:35215 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161154AbWJUAOV (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:14:21 -0400 Message-Id: <200610210014.k9L0E3pr005019@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Jens Axboe cc: Jan Engelhardt , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK In-Reply-To: Message from Jens Axboe of "Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:09:22 +0200." <20061018070922.GB24452@kernel.dk> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.5 (beta27) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:14:03 -0300 From: "Horst H. von Brand" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.19.1]); Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:14:10 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1260 Lines: 29 Jens Axboe wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >> Never mind, I see that some filesystems have 'depends on BLOCK' instead > > >> of being wrapped into if BLOCK. Not really consistent but whatever. > > > > > >Feel free to send in patches that make things more consistent. > > > > How would you like things? if BLOCK or depends on BLOCK? > > Well, if you can hide an entire block with if BLOCK, then that would be > preferred. Otherwise depends on BLOCK. > > > Does menuconfig/oldconfig/etc. parse the whole config structure faster > > it it done either way? > > I'd be surprised if if BLOCK wasn't faster over, say, 10 depends on > BLOCK. I'd be /very/ surprised if anybody even noticed... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - 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/