linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/macintosh: remove default y from Kconfig (was: Re: 2.6.21-mm1)

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Date:	Tue, 8 May 2007 22:16:38 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/macintosh: remove default y from Kconfig (was: Re: 2.6.21-mm1)

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:33:22AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> On May 7 2007 12:35, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >
> >I don't think I need macintosh drivers for my x86 arch selected in by default,
> >  do I?
> 
> For new config variables that were introduced, I set them to 'default y'
> so when upgrading from an older .config, it does not deselect the drivers
> _inside_ the new menuconfig. People who have CONFIG_MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN=y
> will magically get it set to =n because MACINTOSH_DRIVERS is not y.
I had a similar suspicion that something else requires the default=y things ...

> Whether you need macintosh on i386... oh well, ask someone who knows.
> Fact is, that at least SUSE has CONFIG_MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN=y but I
> wonder wtf for.

Well, this is clearly wrong since it is only for a mac, single-button, mouse,
IMHO.  Look for CONFIG_MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN in drivers/char/keyboard.c

> >Index: trees/linux-mm/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> >===================================================================
> >--- linux-mm.orig/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> >+++ linux-mm/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> >@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
> > menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
> > 	bool "Macintosh device drivers"
> > 	depends on PPC || MAC || X86
> >-	default y
> 
> How about
> 	default y if PPC || MAC
> then?

sounds good, here we go:

-----
From: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>

Do not select macintosh drivers by default.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>

--
Index: linux-mm/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-mm/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig.orig
+++ linux-mm/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
 	bool "Macintosh device drivers"
 	depends on PPC || MAC || X86
-	default y
+	default y if PPC || MAC

 if MACINTOSH_DRIVERS

-- 
Regards/Gruß,
    Boris.
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