Re: dostype, disklabel, and linux partitions

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 03:07:05PM +0000, Lars Hecking wrote:
> 
>  [Please do not Cc: me on list replies. Thank you.]
> 
> David Brownlee writes:
> > On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 fheitka%attglobal.net@localhost wrote:
> > 
> > > > If EXT2FS was compiled into the kernel. GENERIC doesn't have it,
> > > > and the only hint that EXT2FS exists is in options(4).

Oops. I should have thougth of that.

> >     It is enabled in GENERIC -current, and will show up in 1.5
> >     We could probably have it pulled up for 1.4.2 if people think
> >     its worthwhile?
> 
>  Yes, definitely, even if commented out.

If you ask me, only if commented out.

As long as nobody has found time to rewrite the pmap (which, being itself
a major change, wouldn't go into 1.4.x), I won't add anything that changes
the kernel size to GENERIC. At least not for 1.4.x.

Regards,
        -is