Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:37:54 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer |
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On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 08:07:37AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >There's e.g. no reason to ask all users whether they want to compile all > >I/O schedulers into their kernel. > > > The users that do not know how to handle it should not be compiling a > kernel. If in doubt, they should read the help texts and follow the "If > unsure" clause listed there.
If your distribution ships 2.6.x and your hardware is not supported before 2.6.x+1 you need your own kernel.
The expectation "only kernel hackers don't use distribution kernels" is wrong in too many cases.
"System administrator" is a target audience of the kernel configuration, and we should make it as easy as possible for such people to compile their own kernel.
> Jan Engelhardt
cu Adrian
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