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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] OF: Introduce DT overlay support.
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:03:35 +0200
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Grant Likely
<grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> +config OF_OVERLAY
>> +     bool "OF overlay support"
>> +     depends on OF
>> +     select OF_DYNAMIC
>> +     select OF_DEVICE
>> +     select OF_RESOLVE
>> +     help
>> +       OpenFirmware overlay support. Allows you to modify on runtime the
>> +       live tree using overlays.
>
> Should not be a user-visable option. Drivers using it should select it

Why not? It's up to the (final) user to use it, or not.

> or otherwise cause it to be enabled.

Why should this be driver-specific? Shouldn't this just work with all drivers?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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