linux-kernel - Re: default y idiocy

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Message-ID: <20070512200516.GS4629@kernel.dk>
Date:	Sat, 12 May 2007 22:05:16 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: default y idiocy

On Sat, May 12 2007, Simon Arlott wrote:
> On 12/05/07 19:23, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This has bothered me for a long time, and it just seems to be getting
> >worse. Can people please STOP defaulting non-essential stuff to 'y'?
> >Grrr.
> 
> Is there a reason why various 10/100/1000Mbit network cards are 'y' too?
> There's even a default SCSI 'm' that seems to be completely hidden from 
> the menu too (CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN). It depends on SCSI but I can't 
> disable SCSI...

For the exact same (wrong) reason that the other menuconfig changes did
it, I suppose. Need fixing, too.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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