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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:30:48 +0100 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Mark Einon <mark.einon@...il.com>, Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>, Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>, Shay Agroskin <shayagr@...zon.com>, Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@...zon.com>, David Arinzon <darinzon@...zon.com>, Noam Dagan <ndagan@...zon.com>, Saeed Bishara <saeedb@...zon.com>, Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>, Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...rochip.com>, Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll@...glemail.com>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Jeroen de Borst <jeroendb@...gle.com>, Catherine Sullivan <csully@...gle.com>, David Awogbemila <awogbemila@...gle.com>, Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>, Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>, Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>, Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>, Rain River <rain.1986.08.12@...il.com>, Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000@...il.com>, Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>, drivers@...sando.io, Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>, Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, l.stelmach@...sung.com, rafal@...ecki.pl, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>, Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>, Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>, Gabriel Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com>, Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Slark Xiao <slark_xiao@....com>, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>, Liming Sun <limings@...dia.com>, David Thompson <davthompson@...dia.com>, Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@...dia.com>, Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>, Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>, Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>, Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@...vell.com>, Omkar Kulkarni <okulkarni@...vell.com>, Shai Malin <smalin@...vell.com>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: kbuild: Don't default net vendor configs to y On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:59 PM Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:24:50 -0800 > Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org> wrote: > > > From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com> > > > > NET_VENDOR_XYZ were defaulted to 'y' for no technical reason. > > > > Since all drivers belonging to a vendor are supposed to default to 'n', > > defaulting all vendors to 'n' shouldn't be an issue, and aligns well > > with the 'no new drivers' by default mentality. > > > > Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com> > > This was done back when vendors were introduced in the network drivers tree. > The default of Y allowed older configurations to just work. And changing the defaults means all defconfigs must be updated first, else the user's configs will end up without drivers needed. > So there was a reason, not sure if it matters anymore. > But it seems like useless repainting to change it now. It might make sense to tune some of the defaults (i.e. change to "default y if ARCH_*") for drivers with clear platform dependencies. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
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