netdev - Re: sierra_net default m

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Message-ID: <1272653150.9050.20.camel@Linuxdev3>
Date:	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:45:50 -0700
From:	Elina Pasheva <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rory Filer <rfiler@...rrawireless.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sierra_net default m

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 10:28 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can we please not add new drivers that default to y/m? Any new driver
> should default to 'n'.
> 
Hi,
OK. Makes sense, so that the kernel does not build the driver if the
configuration option is not explicitly set.


David, would you like me to issue a patch for that for sierra_net
driver?
Is this the general rule one should follow when adding a new driver?

Thanks,
Elina

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