linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807291635550.13165@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:36:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
cc:	Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately
 unselectable.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:36:09 -0400 (EDT) Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> > so, just to be clear, the consensus is to just leave it alone as
> > it's more trouble than it's worth to do anything about?
>
> Probably.
>
> I don't see the "if PARTITION_ADVANCED" block as being compatible
> with the need to have default partition types per $ARCH. Do you see
> some way around that problem?

not presently.  and if i was going to invest more effort, i'd probably
be more tempted to try to reorg the train wreck that is the "Kernel
hacking" submenu, anyway.

rday
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