From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: use menuconfig to control the Misc. filesystems menu
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:53:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492C81FB.2060004@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492C8024.3030700@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>> Have one option to control Miscellaneous filesystems.
>> This makes it easy to disable all of them at one time.
>
>> -menu "Miscellaneous filesystems"
>> +menuconfig MISC_FILESYSTEMS
>> + bool "Miscellaneous filesystems"
>> + default y
>> + ---help---
>> + Say Y here to get to see options for various miscellaneous
>> + filesystems, such as filesystems that came from other
>> + operating systems.
>> +
>
> I have no particular issue against adding this option, but the help
> message is misleading. The miscellaneous submenu also contains (mainly)
> embedded filesystems such as jffs2, cramfs, romfs and eCrypt which are
> native to Linux.
>
> The help message should be changed, or perhaps these filesystems moved
> into a new submenu of their own.
>
> Phillip
OK, I'll be glad to change the help message. (awaiting other comments)
Thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-25 22:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 21:51 [PATCH] fs: use menuconfig to control the Misc. filesystems menu Randy Dunlap
2008-11-25 22:45 ` Phillip Lougher
2008-11-25 22:53 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
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