Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:51:12 -0700 | | From | Randy Dunlap <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable. |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:42:47 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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? > > ... patch snipped ... > > i suspect that's as good as it's going to get, but it's unfortunate > that it adds yet another level of submenu under "Partition types."
I looked but didn't see a way to avoid that.
> personally, i was pondering a top level submenu entry of "Advanced > partition types" in which the (non-advanced) MSDOS partition support > was yanked out of there *entirely*.
I did that first but left MSDOS partitioning in the main FS menu. I didn't like it being separated from the others.
> it strikes me that, at least on x86, MSDOS partition support is so > fundamental that it should take work for someone to turn it *off*. > perhaps simply have it on by default, and force someone to go under > "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)" > (CONFIG_EMBEDDED) to make it go away?
That could be done, but still, I'd rather have all of the partition types close together instead of far apart.
> seriously, how often is someone going to build a kernel for x86 and > not need MSDOS partition support? just curious.
since MP3 players & cameras use it? :) Other than that, I could do without it for awhile.
Thanks. --- ~Randy Linux Plumbers Conference, 17-19 September 2008, Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/
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