linux-kernel - [PATCH] change misleading EFI partition support description

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:07:39 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Subject: [PATCH] change misleading EFI partition support description

This patch removes the misleading "Presently only useful on the IA-64
platform" text from the EFI partition Kconfig.

EFI partitions are also used by Apple on their Intel-based machines and
thus you need EFI partition support if you (for example) want to attach
such a machine in target disk mode.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>

--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/partitions/Kconfig	2007-03-15 11:04:20.785467186 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/partitions/Kconfig	2007-03-15 11:05:14.505467186 +0100
@@ -235,5 +235,4 @@ config EFI_PARTITION
 	select CRC32
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
-	  were partitioned using EFI GPT.  Presently only useful on the
-	  IA-64 platform.
+	  were partitioned using EFI GPT.


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