From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
To: 'Adrian Bunk' <bunk@stusta.de>, Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:52:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200602080052.k180qxg16788@unix-os.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060207231713.GG3524@stusta.de>
In-Reply-To: <20060207231713.GG3524@stusta.de>
Adrian Bunk wrote on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:17 PM
> IOW, you want the patch below?
>
No, I really don't think so.
> --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm5-ia64/arch/ia64/Kconfig.old
> +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm5-ia64/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> @@ -132,10 +134,11 @@
> This choice is safe for all IA-64 systems, but may not perform
> optimally on systems with, say, Itanium 2 or newer processors.
>
> config MCKINLEY
> bool "Itanium 2"
> + depends on IA64_GENERIC=n
> help
> Select this to configure for an Itanium 2 (McKinley) processor.
>
> endchoice
>
This hunk does not make any logical sense. Select generic system type
does not mean Itanium processor is the only choice I can have. What's
wrong with having an option that works just fine right now?
- Ken
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-08 0:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-07 22:11 [2.6 patch] IA64_GENERIC shouldn't select other stuff Adrian Bunk
2006-02-07 22:37 ` Keith Owens
2006-02-07 22:43 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-02-07 22:53 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-07 23:17 ` [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 0:52 ` Chen, Kenneth W [this message]
2006-02-08 1:19 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 1:40 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 2:08 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 2:17 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 2:43 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 2:48 ` Keith Owens
2006-02-08 2:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-02-08 2:58 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 3:51 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 5:52 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 11:59 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 13:38 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-02-08 21:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-09 12:53 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-02-09 13:18 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-02-09 13:26 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-02-09 14:16 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-09 15:19 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-02-08 18:35 ` Luck, Tony
2006-02-08 19:21 ` Alex Williamson
2006-02-08 19:24 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-02-08 19:48 ` Luck, Tony
2006-02-08 19:55 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 21:24 ` Matthew Wilcox
2006-02-08 21:36 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 22:24 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08 22:49 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-02-08 22:35 ` Luck, Tony
2006-02-07 23:06 ` [2.6 patch] IA64_GENERIC shouldn't select other stuff Luck, Tony
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