netdev - Re: SSB: No is not an answer

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Date:	Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:45:32 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SSB: No is not an answer

On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:17:44PM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Sonics Silicon Backplane support (SSB) [M/y/?] (NEW) n
> 
> Support for the Sonics Silicon Backplane bus.
> You only need to enable this option, if you are
> configuring a kernel for an embedded system with
> this bus.
> It will be auto-selected if needed in other
> environments.
> 
> The module will be called ssb.
> 
> If unsure, say N.
> 
> Sonics Silicon Backplane support (SSB) [M/y/?] (NEW)

I think this is OK -- it isn't really offering the choice to say
no anyway.  You must have turned-on B44 or B43(LEGACY) already?

So, your choice is merely whether to have it built-in or as a module.

John
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John W. Linville
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