From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.197]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BA9688C6 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:59:20 +1100 (EST) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j2so1813437nzf for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:59:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9a8748490512131059m54cc56faueaab6ddf0f18520e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:59:00 +0100 From: Jesper Juhl To: Geert Uytterhoeven In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20051211185212.GQ23349@stusta.de> <20051211192109.GA22537@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051211193118.GR23349@stusta.de> <20051211194437.GB22537@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051213001028.GS23349@stusta.de> <439ECDCC.80707@hogyros.de> <20051213140001.GG23349@stusta.de> <20051213173112.GA24094@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051213180551.GN23349@stusta.de> Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, grundler@parisc-linux.org, matthew@wil.cx, Linux Kernel Development , Adrian Bunk , Linux/PPC Development , lethal@linux-sh.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp, parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] don't allow users to set CONFIG_BROKEN=y List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 12/13/05, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Do not allow people to create configurations with CONFIG_BROKEN=3Dy. > > > > The sole reason for CONFIG_BROKEN=3Dy would be if you are working on > > fixing a broken driver, but in this case editing the Kconfig file is > > trivial. > > > > Never ever should a user enable CONFIG_BROKEN. > ^^^^ > OK, a user, not an expert. Let's assume users don't enable EXPERIMENTAL. > > But I'd like to at least have the possibility to enable broken drivers, e= ven if > it's just for compile regression tests. > I agree, and it's very convenient to be able to enable it in menuconfig etc. Perhaps CONFIG_BROKEN should just be moved to kernel hacking instead...? -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html