linux-kernel - Re: Q: Kconfig: 'If unsure, say N'

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Message-ID: <93f4889a-90ed-460d-b5bc-d566031b75d3@skogtun.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 16:05:15 +0100
From: Harald Arnesen <linux@...gtun.org>
To: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@...ow.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
 Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: Q: Kconfig: 'If unsure, say N'

Diederik de Haas [2024-11-08 15:39:30]:

> In quite a number of Kconfig help text entries I see this:
> "If unsure, say N."
> 
> But that raises the question: How can I be sure?

I usually interpret this as "If you don't know that you need it, you 
probably don't".
-- 
Hilsen Harald