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Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 22:57:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> cc: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select" Hi, On Mon, 7 May 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Tough, the kernel community has voted against you. > > It makes far more sense to include a driver during kernel configuration, and > have that driver pull in its libraries via 'select'. The lame alternative > requires developers to know which libraries they need BEFORE picking their > drivers, which is backwards and requires legwork on the part of the kernel > developer. Jeff, there was never anything to "vote" about! There is no autoconfiguration, kernel configuration isn't ready for Aunt Tilly and select is no substitute for it... bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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