Re: [PATCH] partitions: Enhance Kconfig help text for EESOX and MSDOS formats
On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 01:27:09PM -0400, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote: > From: John Anthony Kazos Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > improves help text for MSDOS_PARTITION in fs/partitions/Kconfig. > @@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ config MSDOS_PARTITION > bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED > default y > help > - Say Y here. > + Standard PC-compatible partition table support for Linux. Used by > + i386 systems, Linux/Windows dual-boot systems, and many others. > + Unless you are certain your system does not use this partition > + table format, and you're not using any disks from a system that > + does, say Y. > > config BSD_DISKLABEL > bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" This is not an improvement. "Say Y here" is the correct advice to everybody. In cases where someone does not have any DOS-type partition tables on his machine, he probably has a digital camera, or MP3 player or USB stick or other device that uses such partition tables. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH] partitions: Enhance Kconfig help text for EESOX and MSDOS formats
From: John Anthony Kazos Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adds help text for ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX and improves help text for MSDOS_PARTITION in fs/partitions/Kconfig. Signed-off-by: John Anthony Kazos Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Applied against Linux v2.6.20.6. --- linux-2.6.20.6-orig/fs/partitions/Kconfig 2007-04-06 16:02:48.0 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.20.6-mod/fs/partitions/Kconfig2007-04-07 13:22:17.0 -0400 @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED default y if ARCH_ACORN depends on ACORN_PARTITION + help + EESOX SCSI card on-disk partition format support for Acorn + systems. If you have one of these cards, or want to use a disk + written by one, say Y. config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED @@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ config MSDOS_PARTITION bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED default y help - Say Y here. + Standard PC-compatible partition table support for Linux. Used by + i386 systems, Linux/Windows dual-boot systems, and many others. + Unless you are certain your system does not use this partition + table format, and you're not using any disks from a system that + does, say Y. config BSD_DISKLABEL bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
