Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | jerijian@seas ... | Subject | And Yet Another Small Patch (tm) | Date | Tue, 21 May 1996 12:44:53 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi,
This is another small patch which clears up some ALPHA ambiguity in Configure.help. It also disallows kernel configuration to prompt for affs if CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set. This patch is against Linux pre2.0.7. I hope this is of use.
--- linux/fs/Config.in.orig Sun May 19 05:22:19 1996 +++ linux/fs/Config.in Tue May 21 12:37:33 1996 @@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ tristate 'ISO9660 cdrom filesystem support' CONFIG_ISO9660_FS tristate 'OS/2 HPFS filesystem support (read only)' CONFIG_HPFS_FS tristate 'System V and Coherent filesystem support' CONFIG_SYSV_FS -tristate 'Amiga FFS filesystem support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_AFFS_FS -if [ "$CONFIG_AFFS_FS" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_AFFS_FS" = "m" ]; then - define_bool CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION y +if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL = "y" ]; then + tristate 'Amiga FFS filesystem support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_AFFS_FS + if [ "$CONFIG_AFFS_FS" != "n" ]; then + define_bool CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION y + fi fi tristate 'UFS filesystem support (read only)' CONFIG_UFS_FS if [ "$CONFIG_UFS_FS" != "n" ]; then --- linux/Documentation/Configure.help.orig Tue May 21 12:31:31 1996 +++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Tue May 21 12:34:35 1996 @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ of the chipset, and permits faster I/O speeds to be set as well. See the README.ide and ali14xx.c files for more info. -PROMISE DC4030 support (ALPHA) +PROMISE DC4030 support (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PROMISE This driver is enabled at runtime using the "ide0=dc4030" kernel boot parameter. It enables support for the secondary IDE interface @@ -866,14 +866,14 @@ packets it received. The information is handled by the klogd demon which is responsible for kernel messages ("man klogd"). -IP: transparent proxying (ALPHA) +IP: transparent proxying (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY This enables you to redirect any network traffic to a local server, acting as a "transparent proxy server". Redirection is activated by defining special input firewall rules (using the ipfwadm utility) and/or by doing an appropriate bind() system call. -IP: masquerading (ALPHA) +IP: masquerading (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE If one of the computers on your local network for which your Linux box acts as a firewall wants to send something to the outside, your @@ -893,9 +893,8 @@ sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/]). Details on how to set things up are contained in the IP Masquerading FAQ, available via ftp (user: anonymous) from ftp.eves.com:/pub/masq/. This is - ALPHA code, which means that it need not be completely stable; it - has nothing to do with the computer architecture of the same - name. If you want this, say Y. + EXPERIMENTAL code, which means that it need not be completely stable. + If you want this, say Y. IP: always defragment CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG @@ -1142,7 +1141,7 @@ sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini. The Bridging code is still in test. If unsure, say N. -Kernel/User network link driver(ALPHA) +Kernel/User network link driver (EXPERIMENTAL) CONFIG_NETLINK This driver allows for two-way communication between certain parts of the kernel or modules and user processes; the user processes are @@ -1150,8 +1149,7 @@ directory having major mode 36. So far, the kernel uses it to publish some network related information if you enable "Routing messages", below. Say Y if you want to experiment with it; this is - ALPHA code, which means that it need not be completely stable; it - has nothing to do with the computer architecture of the same name. + EXPERIMENTAL code, which means that it need not be completely stable. You need to include this if you want to use arpd, a daemon that helps keep the internal ARP cache (a mapping between IP addresses and hardware addresses on the local network) small. If unsure, say -- Arthur D. Jerijian | Quote under construction jerijian@seas.ucla.edu | a540adj@helios.math.ucla.edu | adj@ucla.edu |
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