From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:36:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20110615143634.GA12757@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org To: Ralf Baechle Cc: "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" , "linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Paul Mackerras , "H. Peter Anvin" , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , Guan Xuetao , Lennox Wu , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Jesper Nilsson , Russell King , Yoshinori Sato , Helge Deller , "x86@kernel.org" , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Ingo Molnar , Geert Uytterhoeven List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:34:37AM -0400, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > > Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those > have been fixed. > I think he was being sarcastic, and wanted to say that it should be that way. Guenter