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

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Message-Id: <20170919.155921.343695983211850627.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vcaputo@...garu.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: default to no in config

From: vcaputo@...garu.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:02:49 -0700

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

So that you don't need to know what special vendor knob needs to be
switched in order to even be offered the config knob for the driver
you are interested in.