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SubjectRe: [PATCH] remove if !PARTITION_ADVANCED condition in defaults
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On Nov 11, 2004, at 18:11, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Actually, we should make MSDOS_PARTITION not ask at all, unless
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED is set.

My dual 1GHz G4 isn't an embedded system by any means, but I don't
want to load crappy MSDOS partition drivers into it, it's intended to
have a blazingly fast boot time with minimal extra drivers.

> That's really what EMBEDDED means: ask about things that no sane person
> would leave out. So how about just changing that "if
> PARTITION_ADVANCED"
> into "if EMBEDDED" on MSDOS?

If you make this specific to x86, that _may_ be OK, but I suspect
others who
only have only BSD partitioning schemes may object.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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