From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@gmail.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable.
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:14:10 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807281413460.8104@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080728103731.7bafd577.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-28 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-26 13:20 [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-26 16:47 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-26 21:52 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-28 3:11 ` Calvin Walton
2008-07-28 9:38 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-28 17:37 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-28 18:14 ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]
2008-07-28 18:42 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-28 18:51 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-28 18:56 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-28 21:43 ` Grant Coady
2008-07-28 22:02 ` Calvin Walton
2008-07-28 22:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-29 10:36 ` Robert P. J. Day
2008-07-29 16:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-07-29 20:36 ` Robert P. J. Day
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2008-08-02 12:41 ` Bodo Eggert
2008-08-02 14:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-08-02 21:16 ` Bodo Eggert
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