From: Ed Tomlinson <edt@aei.ca>
To: Maciej Zenczykowski <maze@cela.pl>
Cc: Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.net>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_CRC32 in 2.4.22 breaks PCMCIA
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:45:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200311171945.47655.edt@aei.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031117204039.GB12931@pimlott.net>
On November 17, 2003 03:40 pm, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> > Well, it's in the help for the CRC32 option that it's available to enable
> > external-kernel tree drivers to access these functions. If you are
> > running make oldconfig you'll hit the question and if you don't know what
> > it's about you should consult help...
>
> I think I used xconfig the first time I configured this kernel
> (because I coincidentally wanted to change something). It was a
> while ago, and I only tried pcnet_cs today, so my memory isn't
> perfect. Maybe I should have used oldconfig first, but I doubt
> everyone else does that for stable kernels.
>
> It still seems unwise to change the default in a stable kernel. Let
> the people who want it set CONFIG_OMIT_CRC32 or something.
Andrew,
I think its reasonable to have to do a make oldconfig for stable kernels.
Stable does not mean new drivers and/or filesystems do not get added...
Ed Tomlinson
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-18 0:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-17 20:04 CONFIG_CRC32 in 2.4.22 breaks PCMCIA Andrew Pimlott
2003-11-17 20:23 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-11-17 20:40 ` Andrew Pimlott
2003-11-18 0:45 ` Ed Tomlinson [this message]
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