linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/62] Driver-Core: devtmpfs - remove EXPERIMENTAL and enable it by default

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:22:36 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/62] Driver-Core: devtmpfs - remove EXPERIMENTAL and
 enable it by default

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:46:54AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Greg, please shut down people like Kay that want to enable something by 
> default. We want a _minimal_  working config, not a maximal. If somebody 
> has a distro that needs this, they can enable it _then_. Not "let's try to 
> make people enable it whether they need it or not, because they _might_".

Ok, I'll change this.  Do you want me to redo the whole series, or just
add another patch to revert the 'default y' option here?

thanks,

greg k-h
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