Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759373AbYG1Ri4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:38:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752538AbYG1Ris (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:38:48 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:39411 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752132AbYG1Rir (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:38:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:31 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Calvin Walton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable. Message-Id: <20080728103731.7bafd577.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080726094718.b617c1e7.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <1217214689.22927.3.camel@zem.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 8766 Lines: 284 > yes, it's nitpicking but, as it's laid out right now, it's > unnecessarily confusing and inconsistent. but i don't know if there's > a trivial fix for it. Yes, I'd call MSDOS partitions basic, not Advanced, and then put all others under an Advanced menu that can be toggled on/off easily with menuconfig. Not quite trivial, but not messy either. Patch below. Comments? --- From: Randy Dunlap Use "menuconfig" to allow all advanced partitions to be deselectable from the FS partitions menu. However, leave MSDOS_PARTITION as a basic partition type (i.e., not advanced), so that its "default y" remains in effect. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- fs/Kconfig | 6 ---- fs/partitions/Kconfig | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) --- lin2626-g9-kerndoc.orig/fs/Kconfig +++ lin2626-g9-kerndoc/fs/Kconfig @@ -2142,14 +2142,8 @@ config 9P_FS endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS -if BLOCK -menu "Partition Types" - source "fs/partitions/Kconfig" -endmenu -endif - source "fs/nls/Kconfig" source "fs/dlm/Kconfig" --- lin2626-g9-kerndoc.orig/fs/partitions/Kconfig +++ lin2626-g9-kerndoc/fs/partitions/Kconfig @@ -1,8 +1,19 @@ # # Partition configuration # -config PARTITION_ADVANCED - bool "Advanced partition selection" + +if BLOCK + +menu "Partition types" + +config MSDOS_PARTITION + bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" + default y + help + Say Y here. + +menuconfig PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Advanced partition support" help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned under an operating system running on a different @@ -14,14 +25,16 @@ config PARTITION_ADVANCED If unsure, say N. +if PARTITION_ADVANCED + config ACORN_PARTITION - bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Acorn partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN help Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA - bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Cumana partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION help @@ -29,12 +42,12 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX - bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "EESOX partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS - bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "ICS partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION help @@ -42,7 +55,7 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS - bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Native filecore partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION help @@ -52,7 +65,7 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC - bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "PowerTec partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION help @@ -60,7 +73,7 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC the PowerTec SCSI drive. config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX - bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "RISCiX partition support" default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION help @@ -69,21 +82,21 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. config OSF_PARTITION - bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Alpha OSF partition support" default y if ALPHA help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned on an Alpha machine. config AMIGA_PARTITION - bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Amiga partition table support" default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned under AmigaOS. config ATARI_PARTITION - bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Atari partition table support" default y if ATARI help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which @@ -91,28 +104,22 @@ config ATARI_PARTITION config IBM_PARTITION bool "IBM disk label and partition support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 + depends on S390 help Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. Otherwise, say N. config MAC_PARTITION - bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Macintosh partition map support" default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned on a Macintosh. -config MSDOS_PARTITION - bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED - default y - help - Say Y here. - config BSD_DISKLABEL bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION + depends on MSDOS_PARTITION help FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk @@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ config BSD_DISKLABEL config MINIX_SUBPARTITION bool "Minix subpartition support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION + depends on MSDOS_PARTITION help Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 @@ -133,7 +140,7 @@ config MINIX_SUBPARTITION config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION + depends on MSDOS_PARTITION help Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you @@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL bool "Unixware slices support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION + depends on MSDOS_PARTITION ---help--- Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is @@ -163,7 +170,6 @@ config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL config LDM_PARTITION bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED ---help--- Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk @@ -197,14 +203,14 @@ config LDM_DEBUG If unsure, say N. config SGI_PARTITION - bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "SGI partition support" default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION help Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk partition table format used by SGI machines. config ULTRIX_PARTITION - bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Ultrix partition table support" default y if MACH_DECSTATION help Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk @@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ config ULTRIX_PARTITION Otherwise, say N. config SUN_PARTITION - bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "Sun partition tables support" default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) ---help--- Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table @@ -228,24 +234,28 @@ config SUN_PARTITION config KARMA_PARTITION bool "Karma Partition support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED help Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it uses a proprietary partition table. config EFI_PARTITION bool "EFI GUID Partition support" - depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED select CRC32 help Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which were partitioned using EFI GPT. config SYSV68_PARTITION - bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED + bool "SYSV68 partition table support" default y if VME help Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using sysv68). Otherwise, say N. + +endif # PARTITION_ADVANCED + +endmenu + +endif # 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/