From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:59:46 +0000 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff Message-Id: <20060208115946.GN3524@stusta.de> List-Id: References: <20060208035112.GM3524@stusta.de> <200602080552.k185q9g07813@unix-os.sc.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200602080552.k185q9g07813@unix-os.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Chen, Kenneth W" Cc: 'Keith Owens' , "Luck, Tony" , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:52:09PM -0800, Chen, Kenneth W wrote: > > > > >You patch does more than what you described and is wrong. Selecting > > > > >platform type should not be tied into selecting SMP nor should it tied > > >... > > > I'm not disagreeing with the SMP bit. In my very first reply, I > > >... > > > > It might be related to the fact that I'm not a native English speaker, > > but for me this reads as if you contradict yourself, and I have > > therefore problems understanding your emails. > > Yeah, I've been flip-flopping on CONFIG_SMP. I just don't have strong > opinion one way or the other. Having said that, I don't think we should > mix the CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC, which is defined to select platform type > with smp/processor type etc. > > But for the bit that this thread started, which disables CONFIG_MCKINLEY > for CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC, it is totally wrong and is the "over my dead > body" type of thing. My initial patch that started this thread was to remove all select's from CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC. Is this OK for you? > - Ken 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