From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arun Sharma Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:18:06 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] disable legacy floppy related ioctl32s Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > Heh. Your patch (http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0308.3/0320.html) > contained: > > config BLK_DEV_FD > tristate "Normal floppy disk support" > - depends on !X86_PC9800 > + depends on !X86_PC9800 && !IA64 > > so obviously somebody decided it was reasonable to do it for s390, but > not for ia64 :-) I didn't see the rejection rationale on the list, but > it's hard enough to build a working .config without distractions like > being asked about drivers that can't possibly work (and probably don't > even compile) on my architecture. There's some discussion here too: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t6015010700002&r=1&w=2 depends on ISA || M68K || SPARC64 seems to be what was suggested in the thread, but I didn't see a patch. I also agree that the check should be in one place (KConfig). Will send a new patch. -Arun