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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:00:08 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@....nl> To: "John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jakj@...-k-j.com> Cc: Andries.Brouwer@....nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] partitions: Enhance Kconfig help text for EESOX and MSDOS formats On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 01:27:09PM -0400, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote: > From: John Anthony Kazos Jr. <jakj@...-k-j.com> > > improves help text for MSDOS_PARTITION in fs/partitions/Kconfig. > @@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ config MSDOS_PARTITION > bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED > default y > help > - Say Y here. > + Standard PC-compatible partition table support for Linux. Used by > + i386 systems, Linux/Windows dual-boot systems, and many others. > + Unless you are certain your system does not use this partition > + table format, and you're not using any disks from a system that > + does, say Y. > > config BSD_DISKLABEL > bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" This is not an improvement. "Say Y here" is the correct advice to everybody. In cases where someone does not have any DOS-type partition tables on his machine, he probably has a digital camera, or MP3 player or USB stick or other device that uses such partition tables. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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