linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM: Hide CONFIG

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1102071035320.1924-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:36:31 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	<linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	<linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM: Hide CONFIG_PM from users

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 02:19:16AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > At least some of the powerpc defconfigs were added with CONFIG_PM
> > disabled.  I assume that was on purpose (though it may not have been).
> 
> I'd not be so sure - since it's a bool without an explicit default set
> Kconfig will default to disabling it and if anything enabling it is the
> option that requires special effort.

This may be a naive suggestion, but have you considered simply _asking_
the people who added those defconfigs?

Alan Stern

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