From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264791AbUFPVKq (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:10:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264777AbUFPVKj (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:10:39 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:64415 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264791AbUFPVIY (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:08:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:08:23 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Dirk Jagdmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE Auto-Geometry Resizing support missing in 2.6.7? Message-ID: <20040616210823.GA20015@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Andries Brouwer , Dirk Jagdmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40D0AA07.7010806@cubic.org> <20040616202023.GA19123@infradead.org> <20040616210708.GA3951@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040616210708.GA3951@pclin040.win.tue.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:07:08PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > You need to boot with hdX=stroke now. I had a patch first that allowed both > > run- an compiletime selection but Bart wanted the option to be removed. > > Bart is right. Compilation options should select inclusion of subsystems, > modules, drivers, but not twiddle behaviour. Oh, as I wrote in my initial submission I totally agree. I just think removing the option in 2.7 is better than in the middle of a stable series.