RE: [PATCH] Only use MS-DOS-Partitions by default on X86

Riley Williams (Riley@Williams.Name)
Tue, 6 May 2003 18:42:47 +0100


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.

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