netdev - Re: [PATCH] wireless extensions should default to Y

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Message-ID: <20150107110323.GB7368@amd>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 12:03:23 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	jikos@...e.cz, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless extensions should default to Y

On Wed 2015-01-07 11:41:55, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 11:19 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Do we need following patch on top of
> > 24a0aa212ee2dbe44360288684478d76a8e20a0a revert?
> > 
> > I updated kernel today, and (probably because extensions were not
> > selectable before), the default choice was "N", which is wrong:
> > oldconfig should result in compatible choices being made, for example
> > to help bisect.
> 
> I don't believe we need this. It has been defaulting to N for a long
> time, it's just that it got thrown out of your config due to building
> inbetween the patch and its revert. Had you built only before and after
> that wouldn't be an issue.

Well, I clearly hit the issue. If someone had _not_ build in between,
the "default y" does not change anything for him, as he will not be
asked thequestion. If someone starts config from scratch, Y is the
safe answer.

> If we default to Y now we send the wrong signal. If you really need to
> bisect something wext related you have far bigger issues I'd think, the
> code hasn't changed *forever*.

I am woried about bisecting something unrelated, and then wext coming
and breaking the bisect. But you are right that it will break the
bisect, anyway...

                                                                        Pavel
									
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