From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262017AbULHCx0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:53:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262016AbULHCx0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:53:26 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:18952 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262017AbULHCwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:52:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 03:52:48 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Mike Castle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: 2.4.28 config prompts for EXPERIMENTAL features when shouldn't Message-ID: <20041208025248.GN5496@stusta.de> References: <20041205165908.GA25139@thune.sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041205165908.GA25139@thune.sonic.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 08:59:08AM -0800, Mike Castle wrote: > I have a basic kernel config that I use for boot disks that has > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL set to no. Yet, with using my old 2.4.26 config with > 2.4.28, I'm getting prompted for new experimental features: > > NVIDIA SATA support (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV) [N/y/m/?] (NEW) > Ethernet Gadget (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_USB_ETH) [M/n/?] > RNDIS support (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_USB_ETH_RNDIS) [N/y/?] (NEW) > > The fact that CONFIG_USB_ETH was set in my 2.4.26 config seems to indicate > this is not a new problem. :-> Thanks for this report. The "(EXPERIMENTAL)" string isn't directly coupled to the dependency on EXPERIMENTAL. I'll send fixes in a minute. > mrc 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