Re: [PATCH] Only use MSDOS-Partitions by default on X86

From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Only use MSDOS-Partitions by default on X86
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:09:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030506120939.GB15261@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1052218090.28792.15.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>

On Tue, 6 May 2003 11:48:11 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2003-05-05 at 22:08, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > 
> > This patch makes a lot of sense in my eyes, but maybe someone
> > disagrees. Applies cleanly to current 2.4.
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> MSDOS partitions turn up in lots of places beyond x86 boxes. The
> port maintainers made their decisions for sound reasons

Which were?

My reasons for this patch:

- Even if x86 is not the only platform that uses MSDOS partitions,
this should be a positive list, not a negative list. Else every new
platform has to explicitly express, *not* to use MSDOS partitions.
Seems awkward.

- Any platform needing MSDOS partitions but not explicitly listed can
still turn that option on through the advanced partitioning.
Currently, allnoconfig gives you MSDOS partitioning, which is not very
intuitive.

Jörn

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