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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:30:59 +0200 From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, dm-devel@...hat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH #blk-for-2.8] init: DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT requires explicit root= param On Mon, Sep 01 2008, Tejun Heo wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > >> There are other ways to specify device numbers directly (ie. root=8:0) > >> and DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT being a debug option I don't think it > >> warrants a complex logic, so I just added simple warning message. > > > > How about just putting that in the help entry as well? Given that it's > > now defaulting to 'n', people that enable it should read the help text > > anyway. > > I'll add that to help message but I still think it'll be beneficial to > have warning message printed to avoid getting people off guard. e.g. > alpha/beta distro built with the debug option turned on to detect bugs. Honestly, those distros should not enable that option. But it's not a big deal, if you send a patch with the Kconfig wording updated as well, I'll add it. -- Jens Axboe -- 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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