From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FAT: update document
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:26:43 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wu1el8a4.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040707235007.GA5687@pclin040.win.tue.nl>
Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl> writes:
> I am not in favour of introducing such configuration options.
>
> This is just the default for a mount option. No twiddling at
> kernel configuration time is required or useful.
>
> We have too many configuration options. It is not true that the system
> becomes better when there are more compile-time configuration possibilities.
> Quite the contrary.
>
> Compilation options should select inclusion of subsystems,
> modules, drivers, but not twiddle behaviour.
>
> [So, I would be happier if you selected a default and made everybody who
> wants something else adapt her /etc/fstab, or alias for a mountfat command.]
Indeed.
I was forgetting the mount.fat. Probably the mount.fat can do more
good choice.
Also I think that kernel doesn't need to know about nls choice anymore
(include a default). But users may be confused temporarily...
Anyway, I'll rethink this tomorrow.
Thanks a lot.
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-08 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-07 19:24 [PATCH] FAT: update document OGAWA Hirofumi
2004-07-07 23:50 ` Andries Brouwer
2004-07-08 17:26 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
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