netdev - Re: [PATCH] SFC: Default to 'n' for Solarflare device.

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:18:33 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SFC: Default to 'n' for Solarflare device.

On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 15:33 +0800, Tao Ma wrote:
> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> 
> We make oldconfig every time when a new kernel arrives, but
> if we don't have such a device(I guess this is the most common
> case for a new device), the default value should be 'n' so
> that the kernel size we build doesn't grow up too much quickly.
> For anyone who has the device, it is OK for them to turn it on
> by themselves. And it goes with these Solarflare devices.
[...]

These are all sub-options of CONFIG_SFC, i.e. if you disable CONFIG_SFC
then they don't appear and if you set CONFIG_SFC=m then they only add
code to the module.

The default of y is correct.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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