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

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Message-ID: <20070621185442.GA23424@aepfle.de>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:54:42 +0200
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 2.6.22] [6/10] x86: Only make Macintosh drivers default on Macs

On Thu, Jun 21, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Will Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > 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. :-) 
> 
> Since when has "default" been anything but "default". It doesn't mean that 
> you can't override it. And if "make oldconfig" doesn't take the _old_ 
> setting into account over the new one, there's something wrong.

I said no to all new options (except IDE_PROC_FS and FIREWIRE), until
CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS. If I say y, everything else was disabled.

  mkdir ../$$$$
  gzip  -cd  < /tmp/config.gz > ../$$$$/.config
  make -kj3 O=../$$$$ ARCH=powerpc


Download attachment "config.gz" of type "application/x-gunzip" (9412 bytes)