linux-kernel - Re: default y idiocy

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Message-Id: <1179003373.3723.34.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>
Date:	Sat, 12 May 2007 15:56:12 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: default y idiocy

On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 20:58 +0100, 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...

That might not necessarily be our fault ... there's no default 'm' for
SCSI in drivers/scsi/Kconfig.  On the other hand, the select directive
can also be the cause of these problems, for instance
drivers/ata/Kconfig has a select SCSI at the top, so if you selected
modular ATA, you'll be forced to have modular SCSI.

James


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