[KJ] [PATCH 1/9] to arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig

[KJ] [PATCH 1/9] to arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.orig arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig
--- arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-17 15:22:15.567649627 -0400
+++ arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig	2004-10-17 15:23:00.778611363 -0400
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 	help
 	  Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
 	  bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
-	  your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
-	  VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
+	  your box. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
 
 	  The PCI-HOWTO, available from
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable

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[PATCH 1/9] to arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.orig arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig
--- arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-17 15:22:15.567649627 -0400
+++ arch/sh/drivers/pci/Kconfig	2004-10-17 15:23:00.778611363 -0400
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 	help
 	  Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
 	  bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
-	  your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
-	  VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
+	  your box. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
 
 	  The PCI-HOWTO, available from
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable

[KJ] [PATCH 2/9] to arch/sparc64/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc64/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 11:23:24.940665125 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2004-10-16 11:29:32.674618258 -0400
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 	bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
 	---help---
 	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
-	  a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
-	  you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+	  a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more than
+	  one CPU, say Y.
 
 	  If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
 	  machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
@@ -101,17 +101,11 @@
 	  singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
 	  will run faster if you say N here.
 
-	  Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
-	  "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
-	  architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
-	  architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
 	  People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
 	  Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
 	  Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
 
 	  See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
-	  <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
 	  <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 

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[PATCH 2/9] to arch/sparc64/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc64/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 11:23:24.940665125 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2004-10-16 11:29:32.674618258 -0400
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 	bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
 	---help---
 	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
-	  a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
-	  you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+	  a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more than
+	  one CPU, say Y.
 
 	  If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
 	  machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
@@ -101,17 +101,11 @@
 	  singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
 	  will run faster if you say N here.
 
-	  Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
-	  "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
-	  architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
-	  architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
 	  People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
 	  Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
 	  Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
 
 	  See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
-	  <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
 	  <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 

[KJ] [PATCH 3/9] to arch/sparc64/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc64/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 11:23:24.940665125 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2004-10-16 11:23:55.089644059 -0400
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
 	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
 	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
-	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
-	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
+	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (silo)
+	  about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 

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[PATCH 3/9] to arch/sparc64/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc64/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 11:23:24.940665125 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc64/Kconfig	2004-10-16 11:23:55.089644059 -0400
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 	  terminal (/dev/tty0) will be used as system console. You can change
 	  that with a kernel command line option such as "console=tty3" which
 	  would use the third virtual terminal as system console. (Try "man
-	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or
-	  loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
+	  bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader (silo)
+	  about how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 

[KJ] [PATCH 4/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:15:30.184460399 -0400
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@
 
 	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
 	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
-	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
-	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
-	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
+	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (silo) about how to pass
+	  options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the "lp" command
+	  line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
 
 	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
 	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.

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[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:15:30.184460399 -0400
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@
 
 	  If you have several parallel ports, you can specify which ports to
 	  use with the "lp" kernel command line option.  (Try "man bootparam"
-	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about
-	  how to pass options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the
-	  "lp" command line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
+	  or see the documentation of your boot loader (silo) about how to pass
+	  options to the kernel at boot time.)  The syntax of the "lp" command
+	  line option can be found in <file:drivers/char/lp.c>.
 
 	  If you have more than 8 printers, you need to increase the LP_NO
 	  macro in lp.c and the PARPORT_MAX macro in parport.h.

[KJ] [PATCH 5/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:18:35.964664772 -0400
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
 	  (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
 	  you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
 	  "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
-	  your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
-	  kernel at boot time.)
+	  your boot loader (silo) about how to pass options to the kernel at
+	  boot time.)
 
-	  If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
+	  If you don't have a graphics card installed and you say Y here, the
 	  kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
 	  system console.
 

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[PATCH 5/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:18:35.964664772 -0400
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@
 	  (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
 	  you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
 	  "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
-	  your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
-	  kernel at boot time.)
+	  your boot loader (silo) about how to pass options to the kernel at
+	  boot time.)
 
-	  If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
+	  If you don't have a graphics card installed and you say Y here, the
 	  kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
 	  system console.
 

[KJ] [PATCH 6/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:02:10.724152771 -0400
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 	depends on BROKEN
 	---help---
 	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
-	  a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
-	  you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+	  a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
+	  than one CPU, say Y.
 
 	  If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
 	  machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
@@ -94,17 +94,11 @@
 	  singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
 	  will run faster if you say N here.
 
-	  Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
-	  "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
-	  architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
-	  architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
 	  People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
 	  Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
 	  Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
 
 	  See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
-	  <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
 	  <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 

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[PATCH 6/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Remove x86-specific help in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:02:10.724152771 -0400
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 	depends on BROKEN
 	---help---
 	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
-	  a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
-	  you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+	  a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
+	  than one CPU, say Y.
 
 	  If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
 	  machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
@@ -94,17 +94,11 @@
 	  singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
 	  will run faster if you say N here.
 
-	  Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
-	  "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
-	  architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
-	  architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
 	  People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
 	  Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
 	  Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
 
 	  See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
-	  <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
 	  <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 

[KJ] [PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:09:58.304756208 -0400
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 config SUN4
 	bool "Support for SUN4 machines (disables SUN4[CDM] support)"
 	depends on !SMP
+	default n
 	help
 	  Say Y here if, and only if, your machine is a sun4. Note that
 	  a kernel compiled with this option will run only on sun4.

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[PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-16 10:09:58.304756208 -0400
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 config SUN4
 	bool "Support for SUN4 machines (disables SUN4[CDM] support)"
 	depends on !SMP
+	default n
 	help
 	  Say Y here if, and only if, your machine is a sun4. Note that
 	  a kernel compiled with this option will run only on sun4.

[KJ] [PATCH 8/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Make config choice for OpenPROM more obvious in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-18 18:38:05.125374024 -0400
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@
 	  -t openpromfs none /proc/openprom".
 
 	  To compile the /proc/openprom support as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called openpromfs.  If unsure, choose M.
+	  module will be called openpromfs.
+
+	  Only choose N if you know in advance that you will not need to modify
+	  OpenPROM settings on the running system.
 
 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
 

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[PATCH 8/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Make config choice for OpenPROM more obvious in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -u ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig ./arch/sparc/Kconfig
--- arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig	2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ arch/sparc/Kconfig	2004-10-18 18:38:05.125374024 -0400
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@
 	  -t openpromfs none /proc/openprom".
 
 	  To compile the /proc/openprom support as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called openpromfs.  If unsure, choose M.
+	  module will be called openpromfs.
+
+	  Only choose N if you know in advance that you will not need to modify
+	  OpenPROM settings on the running system.
 
 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
 

[KJ] [PATCH 9/9] to kernel/power/Kconfig

[james4765]

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Description: Fix a couple of misspellings in kernel/power/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off-by:  James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -urN --exclude='*~' linux-2.6.9-original/kernel/power/Kconfig linux-2.6.9/kernel/power/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.9-original/kernel/power/Kconfig	2004-10-18 17:54:55.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.9/kernel/power/Kconfig	2004-10-28 10:53:02.583350353 -0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	bool "Software Suspend (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PM && SWAP
 	---help---
-	  Enable the possibilty of suspendig machine. It doesn't need APM.
+	  Enable the possibility of suspending machine. It doesn't need APM.
 	  You may suspend your machine by 'swsusp' or 'shutdown -z <time>' 
 	  (patch for sysvinit needed). 
 

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[PATCH 9/9] to kernel/power/Kconfig

[james4765]

Description: Fix a couple of misspellings in kernel/power/Kconfig.
Apply against 2.6.9.

Signed-off-by:  James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>

diff -urN --exclude='*~' linux-2.6.9-original/kernel/power/Kconfig linux-2.6.9/kernel/power/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.9-original/kernel/power/Kconfig	2004-10-18 17:54:55.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.9/kernel/power/Kconfig	2004-10-28 10:53:02.583350353 -0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	bool "Software Suspend (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PM && SWAP
 	---help---
-	  Enable the possibilty of suspendig machine. It doesn't need APM.
+	  Enable the possibility of suspending machine. It doesn't need APM.
 	  You may suspend your machine by 'swsusp' or 'shutdown -z <time>' 
 	  (patch for sysvinit needed). 
 

Re: [KJ] [PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[Matthew Wilcox]

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On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:12AM -0500, james4765@verizon.net wrote:
> Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
> Apply against 2.6.9.

The default is already "no".  This patch seems pointless.

-- 
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon 
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince 
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep 
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain

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Re: [KJ] [PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:12AM -0500, james4765@verizon.net wrote:
> Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
> Apply against 2.6.9.

The default is already "no".  This patch seems pointless.

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Re: [KJ] [PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[Jim Nelson]

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Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:12AM -0500, james4765@verizon.net wrote:
> 
>>Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
>>Apply against 2.6.9.
> 
> 
> The default is already "no".  This patch seems pointless.
> 

Err, you're right.  Unless it is better to have a default on all configuration items.

That'd fix the "# THIS_OPTION is not set" notes in .config, but that's a bit of 
heavy lifting, going through all of the Kconfig files.

Opinions?

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Re: [KJ] [PATCH 7/9] to arch/sparc/Kconfig

[Jim Nelson]

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:12AM -0500, james4765@verizon.net wrote:
> 
>>Description: Add default for SUN4 in arch/sparc/Kconfig.
>>Apply against 2.6.9.
> 
> 
> The default is already "no".  This patch seems pointless.
> 

Err, you're right.  Unless it is better to have a default on all configuration items.

That'd fix the "# THIS_OPTION is not set" notes in .config, but that's a bit of 
heavy lifting, going through all of the Kconfig files.

Opinions?