linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] char/misc driver patches for 4.4-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:43:10 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] char/misc driver patches for 4.4-rc1

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Here is the big char/misc driver update for 4.4-rc1.  Lots of different
> driver and subsystem updates, hwtracing being the largest with the
> addition of some new platforms that are now supported.

Hmm. So if you answer 'N' to "System Trace Module devices", it will
still ask you about the dummy STM driver, and it will still ask you
about doing a console over STM devices.

That seems a bit disingenuous, no?

                    Linus
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