From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:48:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20060824164808.GN19810@stusta.de> References: <32640.1156424442@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20060824152937.GK19810@stusta.de> <1156434274.3012.128.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060824155814.GL19810@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Woodhouse , David Howells , Jens Axboe , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:25107 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751621AbWHXQsK (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:48:10 -0400 To: Jan Engelhardt Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:39:14PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 17:29 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > >> > bool "Enable the block layer" depends on EMBEDDED > >> > >> Please. no. CONFIG_EMBEDDED was a bad idea in the first place -- its > >> sole purpose is to pander to Aunt Tillie. > > > >It's not for Aunt Tillie. > >It's for an average system administrator who compiles his own kernel. > > > >CONFIG_BLOCK=n will only be for the "the kernel must become as fast as > >possible, and I really know what I'm doing" people. > > Then that should be CONFIG_I_AM_AN_EXPERT (CONFIG_EXPERT), not > CONFIG_EMBEDDED. It makes sense that there is one option only for additional space savings. But you are right, we need a second option for not space related expert options. I'll send a patch for this. > Jan Engelhardt cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed