From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: default y idiocy Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 22:05:16 +0200 Message-ID: <20070512200516.GS4629@kernel.dk> References: <20070512182343.GO4629@kernel.dk> <46461C77.5040404@simon.arlott.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Simon Arlott Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46461C77.5040404@simon.arlott.org.uk> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 12 2007, Simon Arlott wrote: > On 12/05/07 19:23, Jens Axboe wrote: > >Hi, > > > >This has bothered me for a long time, and it just seems to be getting > >worse. Can people please STOP defaulting non-essential stuff to 'y'? > >Grrr. > > Is there a reason why various 10/100/1000Mbit network cards are 'y' too? > There's even a default SCSI 'm' that seems to be completely hidden from > the menu too (CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN). It depends on SCSI but I can't > disable SCSI... For the exact same (wrong) reason that the other menuconfig changes did it, I suppose. Need fixing, too. -- Jens Axboe