netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: default to no in config

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Message-ID: <20170919230249.GB17797@shells.gnugeneration.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:02:49 -0700
From:   vcaputo@...garu.com
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: default to no in config

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:52:31PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vito Caputo <vcaputo@...garu.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:43:15 -0700
> 
> > NET_VENDOR_AQUANTIA was "default y" for some reason, which seems
> > obviously inappropriate.
> 
> It is appropriate.
> 
> We make all vendor guards default to yes.

Thanks for the quick response.

Out of curiosity, what's the rationale for that decision?