linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for 2.6.22] [6/10] x86: Only make Macintosh drivers default on Macs

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:58:46 -0500
From:	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH for 2.6.22] [6/10] x86: Only make Macintosh drivers
	default on Macs

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 19:36 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It's already annoying that they appear on x86 now -- that's for the 3button
> > emulation needed on x86 macs -- but at least don't make them default.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
> > 
> > ---
> >  drivers/macintosh/Kconfig |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > Index: linux/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> > +++ linux/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
> > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> >  menuconfig MACINTOSH_DRIVERS
> >  	bool "Macintosh device drivers"
> >  	depends on PPC || MAC || X86
> > -	default y
> > +	default y if MAC
> 
> This looks incorrect because my macdrivers were almost gone now when
> updating from 2.6.21 to 2.6.22. 
> A better one may be something like this, to not lose everything on a G5:
> 
>         depends on PPC_PMAC || MAC || X86
>         default y if (PPC_PMAC || MAC)
> 

I'll second that.  The obvious gotcha is that on a G5, the windfarm
drivers don't get automatically selected, thus the fans run at full
speed, and my office becomes a windtunnel. :-) 

-Will


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