Re: [PATCH] block: Fix LSF default inconsistency

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Dec 11 2008 - 05:41:37 EST


On Thu, Dec 11 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Configuration option LSF has a default which contradicts its help
> text. The help text says "if unsure, say Y" but there is no explicit
> default, and the default default is N.
>
> This inconsistency was introduced by commit
> 88b9adb073b7a69a54b1b14423103bc24587ebdc. According to the commit
> message, we want users to enable this option, so it should default to
> Y.

I wonder if we just shouldn't get rid of this option and just have the
single CONFIG_LBD option control both of these. If you set CONFIG_LBD,
you probably want large files as well. And CONFIG_LSF without CONFIG_LBD
doesn't make a lot of sense.

Would anyone object to such a change?

--
Jens Axboe

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