From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:06:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:06:29 -0400 Received: from mail.ntplx.net ([204.213.176.10]:33151 "EHLO mail.ntplx.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 23:06:13 -0400 Message-ID: <3B088516.68D57DB1@ntplx.net> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 23:01:42 -0400 From: Ben Bridgwater X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.15-4mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: Background to the argument about CML2 design philosophy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > derive MVME147_SCSI from MVME147 & SCSI It seems that the preferred semantics would be: default MVME147_SCSI from MVME147 & SCSI That way the platform defines sane defaults, but no flexibility has been taken away. Presumably many of these defaulted options would also be ones that would be configured not to be changeable in novice mode. The novice gets the vanilla platform defaults without being bothered by detailed options, and can switch to expert mode if they need more control. The experts get all the options presented, but also get to benefit from the smart platform defaults. Ben