linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

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Message-ID: <20160918182054.GA9643@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:20:54 +0200
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:     Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:54:58PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > +config PTP_1588_CLOCK_DEFAULT
> > > +	tristate
> > 
> > I see what this option is doing, but I wonder about the name
> > "DEFAULT".  In what sense is this a default?
> 
> It provides the default answer for when the PTP_1588_CLOCK config option 
> is available.  I could have called it HAVE_PTP_1588_CLOCK or 
> PTP_1588_CLOCK_WANTED but none of the alternatives struck me as any 
> better.  Any idea?

How about:  PTP_1588_CLOCK_SELECTED ?

Thanks,
Richard