linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 106/193] drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00: remove CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJLEg8iOXVk6pD8LN5UPmX+riO1_+0hoeDQQty0VXp+AA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:10:52 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>,
	Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 106/193] drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Gertjan van Wingerde
<gwingerde@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On 23 okt. 2012, at 22:02, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
>> This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
>> almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel
>> summit, remove it.
>>
>> CC: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>
>> CC: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@...il.com>
>> CC: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>
>> CC: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> I don't have a problem with the removal of the CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL dependency, but I would like to retain the (EXPERIMENTAL) tag in the option string. We can then remove those tags when the support for those devices stabilize.

Sure thing! I've updated the patch.

Thanks,

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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