From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D639DDF1D for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:11 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove default=y from PMAC and CHRP Kconfigs From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Timur Tabi In-Reply-To: References: <1223495845-14149-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <1223496186.8157.82.camel@pasglop> <1223498380.8157.86.camel@pasglop> <48ED1B9E.3020907@freescale.com> <48EE2A49.10405@genesi-usa.com> <18670.42312.827841.167852@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <68168CE9-D17F-4C55-BF0B-0FAFC3672398@kernel.crashing.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:01:59 +1100 Message-Id: <1223607719.8157.125.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 20:51 -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Kumar Gala wrote: > > >> The problem with making all platforms default to N is that if you take > >> the default values for all config options you end up with a config > >> that won't build. So we want at least one platform to default to Y, > >> and pmac has been as good a choice as any for that (and probably still > >> is). > > Ok, I can accept that. > > > I've got no issue w/grandfathering CHRP or PMAC as default Y. However I DO > > NOT think we should default other platforms to 'Y' as that means updating > > configs will pick up platforms they dont want. > > As far as I know, CHRP and PMAC are the only PowerPC platforms that > default to Y. There use to be PREP too I think :-) Ben.