From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:09:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061018070922.GB24452@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0610172146450.928@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
On Tue, Oct 17 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> Never mind, I see that some filesystems have 'depends on BLOCK' instead
> >> of being wrapped into if BLOCK. Not really consistent but whatever.
> >
> >Feel free to send in patches that make things more consistent.
>
> How would you like things? if BLOCK or depends on BLOCK?
Well, if you can hide an entire block with if BLOCK, then that would be
preferred. Otherwise depends on BLOCK.
> Does menuconfig/oldconfig/etc. parse the whole config structure faster
> it it done either way?
I'd be surprised if if BLOCK wasn't faster over, say, 10 depends on
BLOCK.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-18 7:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-17 18:41 fs/Kconfig question regarding CONFIG_BLOCK Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-17 18:57 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-10-17 19:21 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-17 19:36 ` Jens Axboe
2006-10-17 19:47 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-18 7:09 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2006-10-18 17:56 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-19 12:20 ` Jens Axboe
2006-10-21 0:14 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-10-21 0:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
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2006-10-17 18:38 Jan Engelhardt
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