RE: [PATCH 2/3] Fix problems on multi-TB filesystem and file

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On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 21:54 +0900, Takashi Sato wrote:
> > CONFIG_LFS would become a specialised option for embedded systems and
> > for the minority of people who self-compile kernels.  I just don't
> > think that's worth the maintainability hassle.
> 
> I added CONFIG_LSF to use large filesystem over network with >2TB file
> even on a small system as CONFIG_LBD disable.  And I heard that some
> people dislike network filesystems depending on block device.
> 
> Trond, do you have comments about integrating CONFIG_LFS and
> CONFIG_LBD?

If you do merge CONFIG_LFS and CONFIG_LBD, then please throw out the
name CONFIG_LBD in favour of CONFIG_LFS, since the resulting option will
_not_ be block device specific.

Unless someone has some really good arguments against it, I too would
vote for hiding both options behind CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

Cheers,
  Trond

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