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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708251742100.23625@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:43:56 -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"?
ah, i see what you mean -- selecting it as a module. apparently,
then, the "help" text telling me "To compile this as a module, choose
M here: the module will be called ramfs." was overly optimistic.
rday
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