From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@infradead.org
Subject: Re: default y idiocy
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 22:09:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070512200954.GT4629@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070512210944.52260991@the-village.bc.nu>
On Sat, May 12 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Sorry, I don't buy that reason at all - it's a short term advantage,
> > causing long term pain. It's not what we have done in the past, don't
> > start doing crap like that now.
>
> It doesn't really matter what it defaults too
It does matter what it defaults to, it should only default to y if it's
really needed. If it didn't matter, just default every driver to y?
Thanks, but no thanks.
> cp .config somewheresafe
>
> Install new kernel
>
> cp it back
>
> make oldconfig
Ehm yes, kernel updating 101. What's your point? Do that with your
2.6.21 config and get met with lots of new questions on ps2, ethernet,
macintosh drivers, dab, etc. All because of some menuconfig shuffling.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-12 20:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-12 18:23 default y idiocy Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 19:22 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-12 19:27 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 19:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-12 19:45 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 20:14 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-13 0:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2007-05-12 20:09 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-12 20:09 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2007-05-12 19:58 ` Simon Arlott
2007-05-12 20:05 ` Jens Axboe
2007-05-12 20:56 ` James Bottomley
2007-05-13 16:46 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-12 21:14 ` Satyam Sharma
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