From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263867AbTEFR3t (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:29:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263871AbTEFR3t (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:29:49 -0400 Received: from murphys.services.quay.plus.net ([212.159.14.225]:33154 "HELO murphys.services.quay.plus.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263867AbTEFR3s (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:29:48 -0400 From: "Riley Williams" To: "Nicolas Pitre" , "Russell King" Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= , "Marcus Meissner" , "lkml" Subject: RE: [PATCH] Only use MS-DOS-Partitions by default on X86 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:42:47 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-reply-to: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Nicolas. >> Maybe introducing a CONFIG_DISK option and making partitioning >> as a whole depend on that ? > According to Alan it's nearly possible to configure the block > layer out entirely, which would be a good thing to associate > with a CONFIG_DISK option too. If we're killing the entire block layer, why call it CONFIG_DISK ??? Surely CONFIG_BLOCK_DEV would be much more appropriate? I certainly don't think of my SmartMedia flash cards as disks... Best wishes from Riley. --- * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 24-Apr-2003