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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0608250806560.7912@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:07:37 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...e.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer

>
>There's e.g. no reason to ask all users whether they want to compile all 
>I/O schedulers into their kernel.
>
The users that do not know how to handle it should not be compiling a 
kernel. If in doubt, they should read the help texts and follow the "If 
unsure" clause listed there.


Jan Engelhardt
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