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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:40:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] FS: Make RAMFS both selectable and tristate. On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 03:40:23PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > Allow RAMFS to be user-selectable, and to be built as a module. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com> > > > > --- > > > > given that the help content for that option suggests it can be built > > as a module, it just makes sense to make it selectable and tristate, > > unless someone has a compelling argument against it. > > How about "check if the kernel builds if you do that"? i did. i did a simple "make defconfig" and "make", and the kernel built fine. that patch didn't change the status of RAMFS in any way, it was still selected as default "y", so why would that patch have made any difference to the eventual build? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - 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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