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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 3/9] kbuild: document RPS/XPS network
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On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 17:54 -0800, David Decotigny wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Ben Hutchings
> <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 14:15 -0800, David Decotigny wrote:
> >> This adds a description of RPS/XPS options and allow them to be
> >> changed at make menuconfig time.
> >
> > I'm not sure why you think this is necessary.
> 
> On my copy, make menuconfig doesn't let me change these CONFIG_ items,
> unless I add the string after "boolean", which this patch does. I
> agree, the help I added after is pure cosmetic.
[...]

I know, but I'm asking why you think it's necessary to make them
optional.

Ben.

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