linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i386: make CONFIG

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:53:10 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	apgo@...chbomb.org (Arthur Othieno)
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: make CONFIG_EFI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:13:21 -0400
apgo@...chbomb.org (Arthur Othieno) wrote:

> It is labelled as such, but doesn't actually depend on EXPERIMENTAL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <apgo@...chbomb.org>
> ---
>  arch/i386/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
> index 84c1b29..8577043 100644
> --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ config MTRR
>  
>  config EFI
>  	bool "Boot from EFI support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> -	depends on ACPI
> +	depends on ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
>  	default n
>  	---help---
>  	This enables the the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using

Some poor soul will surely wonder where his EFI support went to and why his
box won't boot.

So I went the other way and removed the " (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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