Re: IDE Auto-Geometry Resizing support missing in 2.6.7?

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jun 16 2004 - 16:13:46 EST


On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:07:08PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 09:20:23PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > You need to boot with hdX=stroke now. I had a patch first that allowed both
> > run- an compiletime selection but Bart wanted the option to be removed.
>
> Bart is right. Compilation options should select inclusion of subsystems,
> modules, drivers, but not twiddle behaviour.

Oh, as I wrote in my initial submission I totally agree. I just think removing the
option in 2.7 is better than in the middle of a stable series.

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