netdev - Re: SSB: No is not an answer

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Message-ID: <20071201190023.GK30008@ghostprotocols.net>
Date:	Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:00:23 -0200
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SSB: No is not an answer

Em Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 12:45:32PM -0500, John W. Linville escreveu:
> 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.

Ok, so the comment on being unsure is wrong as we can't say N as
suggested :-)

- Arnaldo
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