From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262679AbVF3Bdr (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:33:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262704AbVF3Bdr (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:33:47 -0400 Received: from rgminet03.oracle.com ([148.87.122.32]:64688 "EHLO rgminet03.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262679AbVF3Bdo (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:33:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:30:11 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Adrian Bunk Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [-mm patch] CONFIGFS_FS: "If unsure, say N." Message-ID: <20050630013011.GF23823@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> Mail-Followup-To: Adrian Bunk , ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050624080315.GC26545@stusta.de> <20050629213038.GA23823@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20050630004738.GA27478@stusta.de> <20050630005723.GE23823@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20050630011015.GC27478@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050630011015.GC27478@stusta.de> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 03:10:15AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The question is: > Assume a user doesn't use external modules, will enabling this option > have any effect for him except that it wastes some bytes of his RAM? > > sysfs is useful in this case. > How is configfs useful in this case? I'm not saying it is. I'm saying that "Hey, if you are unsure you want 'N'" is a good thing to say, but removing the description of "what configfs is" is unhelpful and unneeded. Joel -- "And yet I fight, And yet I fight this battle all alone. No one to cry to; No place to call home." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127