From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
To: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
Cc: OverrideX <overridex@punkass.com>,
vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.70 hangs on boot
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:19:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030613221922.GA11121@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030614001209.E10851@ucw.cz>
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:12:09AM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > This really wants fixing badly. The source of this problem seems to be
> > people taking 2.4 configs (where CONFIG_INPUT=m was fine), and it all
> > going pear-shaped when people make oldconfig. I'm aware of the problems
> > that oldconfig can't override variables set in .config, so how about
> > just renaming CONFIG_INPUT to something else ?
>
> I'm considering CONFIG_INPUT_ADVANCED, which would default to 'n', like
> with the font and parition config and if set to 'n', all the modules
> needed for 2.4 functional compatibility would be automatically built in.
> What do you think?
I don't see how this helps the situation. CONFIG_INPUT=m from a 2.4
config will still make CONFIG_VT not show up in the 2.5 config.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-13 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-13 1:08 2.5.70 hangs on boot OverrideX
2003-06-13 21:49 ` Dave Jones
2003-06-13 22:12 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-06-13 22:19 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2003-06-14 8:54 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-06-14 8:57 ` OverrideX
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