Re: more thoughts on kernel config organization

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 11:17:46PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   how about something like
> > 
> >   ext2
> >   ext3
> >   reiser
> >   XFS
> >   JFS
> >   quotas
> >   MS/DOS related filesystems
> >     MD-DOS
> >     VFAT
> >     NTFS
> >   other OS-related filessytems
> >     Apple
> >     ADFS
> >     BeOS
> >     BFS
> >     QNX
> >     System V/XENIX/...
> >   Pseudo(?) filessytems
> >     /proc
> >     /dev/pts
> >     /dev
> 
> I like the structure proposed above. I for myself has often wondered why
> ext2 was not named ext2, and hidden between lots of less used stuff.
> If you sort in alphabetic order, then be consistent.
> 
> If you are going to reorganise fs/Kconfig I would suggest moving
> ext3, reiserfs etc. specific stuff down in their respective directories,
> and then source as appropriate.
> There is no reason to keep that in a centralised placed, when it can
> be distributed.
> For simple (Kconfig wise) stuff like CODA or Intermezzo keep them
> in fs/KConfig.

a couple hours ago, i posted an alternate fs/Kconfig file, but i haven't 
seen it appear on the mailing list.  is there a size limit for postings?
is there another way to make it available for anyone who wants to check
it out?

rday