From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix regression caused by regulatory config option Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:18:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20081026131818.7517c103@infradead.org> References: <20081026103024.2712ddc9@infradead.org> <20081026200939.GC12648@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, rodriguez@atheros.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net To: "John W. Linville" Return-path: Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:41685 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754044AbYJZUSH (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:18:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081026200939.GC12648@tuxdriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:09:39 -0400 "John W. Linville" wrote: f > > Change the default to "y" and also adjust the config text a little > > to reflect this. > > Is it common practice to have compatibility options default to > "y"? I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just wondering if it has been > traditionally? yes default should be "keep working as before" it's not always nice, especially if you're trying to get rid of some nasty stuff, but think of it this way: you should be able to use a new kernel on an existing distro, at least for a reasonable type of distro (eg something shipped in, say, the last 2 years). In this case: even Fedora 10 is not likely to work! -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org