Re: [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer

From: Matthias Schniedermeyer
Date: Thu Aug 24 2006 - 14:37:28 EST


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.

Or to quote the GUI-configuration of xine-ui

CONFIG_EXPERIENCE_LEVEL
With the options:
Beginner
Advanced
Expert
Master of the know universe

SCNR. ;-)





Bis denn

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