netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: vertexcom: default to disabled on kbuild

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jan 2022 08:43:21 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: vertexcom: default to disabled on kbuild

On Sun,  2 Jan 2022 14:11:26 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> Sorry for being rude but new vendors/drivers are supposed to be disabled
> by default, otherwise we will have to manually keep track of all vendors
> we are not interested in building.

Vendors default to y, drivers default to n. Vendors don't build
anything, hence the somewhat unusual convention. Are you saying
you want to change all the Kconfigs... including Mellanox?