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

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jan 2022 00:25:55 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...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 Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:43:21AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>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?

I didn't know about the vendor vs drivers thing! What's the point ? :) 
Now as i think about it, Yes, why not change all vendors including Mellanox? 
I don't see any point to visit a sub-tree where nothing is going to build,
and waste a chunk of precious build time.

Anyhow, I can add the default 'n' to the driver and revert the
vendor back to 'y', Please let me know if you'd want that.