From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:53:25 +0000 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] IA64_GENERIC shouldn't select other stuff Message-Id: <20060207225325.GE3524@stusta.de> List-Id: References: <20060207221157.GA3524@stusta.de> <9883.1139351831@ocs3> <20060207224344.GF1601@parisc-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20060207224344.GF1601@parisc-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Keith Owens , tony.luck@intel.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:43:44PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:37:11AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > > A generic IA64 kernel requires (at least) the ACPI and NUMA options in > > order to run on all the IA64 platforms out there. Omitting those > > options and relying on the user to set them by hand is going to cause > > more problems. > > I'm not sure about that. If the user selects a specific type of machine, > ACPI doesn't get selected for them -- even when it's needed to boot. > It's certainly inconsistent and should be fixed one way or the other. And PCI is never selected for him with IA64_GENERIC. I see the point for a catch-all option for processor-specific stuff, but it can't be a replacement for allyesconfig. AFAIR your defconfig was intended for the "runs everywhere" case (with the exception that in this case the bug that CONFIG_ITANIUM is not set is still unfixed - would you accept a patch to fix this?). cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed