linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_EXPERT is a booby trap

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Date:	Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:32:51 -0400
From:	Tim Shepard <shep@...m.mit.edu>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CONFIG_EXPERT is a booby trap 



Interestingly, of the 26 configs that use EXPERT in the default
clause, 15 of them are in drivers/hid (see below).

			-Tim Shepard
			 shep@...m.mit.edu

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$ find . -type f -name Kconfig'*' -print | xargs fgrep default | grep EXPERT 
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/hid/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./drivers/media/common/tuners/Kconfig:  default y if !EXPERT
./drivers/media/common/tuners/Kconfig:  default y if EXPERT
./drivers/media/dvb/frontends/Kconfig:  default y if EXPERT
./drivers/media/video/Kconfig:  default y if !EXPERT
./init/Kconfig: default !EXPERT
./lib/Kconfig.debug:    default !EXPERT
./net/rfkill/Kconfig:   default y if !EXPERT
./usr/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./usr/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./usr/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
./usr/Kconfig:  default !EXPERT
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