The enclosed is a patch to 2.1.101's Configure.help file that merges
the only remaining duplicaated help text block. I've shown the entire
preceding block in both halves of the patch, so you can see where it's
been deleted from, and the text of the revised version both merges
that in the two blocks, and also clarifies a minor detail relating to
that text as was cleared up by a local Acorn guru who was with me when
I was working on it...
Best wishes from Riley.
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--- linux-2.1.101/Documentation/Configure.help.orig Thu May 14 14:50:47 1998
+++ linux-2.1.101/Documentation/Configure.help Thu May 14 22:40:32 1998
@@ -6038,26 +6038,30 @@
Solaris (x86) partition table support
CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition
table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you
to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 disks
read-only from within Linux if you have also said Y to "BSD ufs
filesystem support", above.
ADFS filesystem support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)
CONFIG_ADFS_FS
- Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard filesystem of the Risc OS
+ The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard filesystem of the RiscOS
- operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM based Risc PC computers.
+ operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM based Risc PC systems and
+ the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. These should be the first
+ partition (ie, /dev/[hs]d?1) on each of your drives. If you say Y
- If you say Y here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions
+ here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions on hard drives
- on hard drives and from ADFS-formatted floppy disks.
+ and from ADFS-formatted floppy discs.
This code is also available as a module called adfs.o ( = code which
can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you
want). If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt.
+ If unsure, say N.
+
/dev/pts filesystem (experimental)
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS
If you say Y here, you'll get a virtual filesystem which can be
mounted on /dev/pts with "mount -t devpts". This, together with the
pseudo terminal master multiplexer /dev/ptmx is used for pseudo
terminal support as described in the Open Group's Unix98 standard:
@@ -6530,21 +6534,14 @@
Software generated cursor
CONFIG_SOFTCURSOR
If you say Y here, you'll be able to do lots of nice things with the
cursors of your virtual consoles -- for example turn them into
non-blinking block cursors which are more visible on laptop screens,
or change their color depending on the virtual console you're on.
See Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt for more information.
-
-Acorn's ADFS filesystem support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)
-CONFIG_ADFS_FS
- The Advanced Disk File System is the filesystem used on floppy and
- hard disks by Acorn Systems. Currently in development, as a read-
- only driver for hard disks. These should be the first partition
- (eg. /dev/[sh]d?1) on each of your drives. If unsure, say N.
Standard/generic serial support
CONFIG_SERIAL
This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N here
are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/ftp servers, or
users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a serial
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