linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/02] net/ipv6: seperate sit driver to extra module

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Date:	Sat, 7 Oct 2006 01:32:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
cc:	Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@...g.org>,
	"YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@" <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/02] net/ipv6: seperate sit driver to extra module

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Bill Fink wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:15:56 +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> 
> > +config IPV6_SIT
> > +	tristate "IPv6: IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel (SIT driver)"
> > +	depends on IPV6
> > +	default y
> > +	---help---
> > +	  Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
> > +	  another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
> > +	  encapsulating protocol. This driver implements encapsulation of IPv6
> > +	  into IPv4 packets. This is useful if you want to connect two IPv6
> > +	  networks over an IPv4-only path.
> > +
> > +	  Saying M here will produce a module called sit.ko. If unsure, say N.
> 
> >From a user perspective, I believe it should say "If unsure, say Y".
> The unsure case for the unsure user should be the case that works for
> the broadest possible usage spectrum, which would be the 'Y' case.
> To put it another way, if you pick 'Y' and don't really need it, the
> only downside is wasting some memory.  But if you pick 'N' and actually
> did need it, previously working IPv6 networking would no longer work.
> I believe the default setting should match the unsure recommendation.

Yes, the unsure value should match the default.  People pick the default 
because they're unsure.



-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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