Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: More fun with menuconfig... | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | Date | Sat, 02 Aug 2003 18:46:28 +0200 |
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Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> writes:
> So I have a .config with CONFIG_ADVANCED_PARTION not set, and > CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y. (I.E. the default from arch/i386/defconfig.) > > I fire up make menuconfig and expand the advanced partition menu (setting > CONFIG_ADVANCED_PARTITION to y). MSDOS partition support is NOT set in the > newly opened menu, I.E. opening the menu has the side effect of deselecting > CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION. > > If I do nothing else, and save with the menu open, it's off. (Saved as "not > set".) If I fire it up again and close the menu, CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION > becomes Y again. > > What magic am I failing to understand here? (This sort of seems intentional, > but it would make more sense for MSDOS partition support to default to on > when you first open the menu...)
Maybe it's this default definition in fs/partitions/Kconfig(101):
config MSDOS_PARTITION bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && !AMIGA && !ATARI && !MAC && !SGI_IP22 && !ARM && !SGI_IP27
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