Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760810AbYG1SP5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:15:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756525AbYG1SPs (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:15:48 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:56226 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756429AbYG1SPs (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:15:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:14:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Randy Dunlap cc: Calvin Walton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable. In-Reply-To: <20080728103731.7bafd577.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Message-ID: References: <20080726094718.b617c1e7.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <1217214689.22927.3.camel@zem.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> <20080728103731.7bafd577.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1072 Lines: 31 On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > 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? i'll check shortly and get back to you. thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- 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/