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Message-Id: <200610210014.k9L0E3pr005019@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
Date:	Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:14:03 -0300
From:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK 

Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 17 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >> Never mind, I see that some filesystems have 'depends on BLOCK' instead 
> > >> of being wrapped into if BLOCK. Not really consistent but whatever.
> > >
> > >Feel free to send in patches that make things more consistent.
> > 
> > How would you like things? if BLOCK or depends on BLOCK?
> 
> Well, if you can hide an entire block with if BLOCK, then that would be
> preferred. Otherwise depends on BLOCK.
> 
> > Does menuconfig/oldconfig/etc. parse the whole config structure faster 
> > it it done either way?
> 
> I'd be surprised if if BLOCK wasn't faster over, say, 10 depends on
> BLOCK.

I'd be /very/ surprised if anybody even noticed...
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