Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

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To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>

Cc: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...>, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...>, Russell King <rmk@...>, lkml <linux-kernel@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-arm-kernel@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

Date: Monday, May 7, 2007 - 4:57 pm

Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Tough, the kernel community has voted against you.

quoted text

>
> It makes far more sense to include a driver during kernel configuration, and
> have that driver pull in its libraries via 'select'. The lame alternative
> requires developers to know which libraries they need BEFORE picking their
> drivers, which is backwards and requires legwork on the part of the kernel
> developer.

Jeff, there was never anything to "vote" about! There is no
autoconfiguration, kernel configuration isn't ready for Aunt Tilly and
select is no substitute for it...

bye, Roman
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Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 10:31 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 10:53 am)

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Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Jeff Garzik, (Tue May 8, 1:28 am)

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Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 7:32 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 10:12 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 10:40 am)

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Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Wed May 9, 6:21 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Thu May 10, 10:08 am)

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[PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select", Krzysztof Halasa, (Sun May 6, 8:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Sun May 6, 9:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 5:35 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 7:22 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 7:56 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 9:17 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Jeff Garzik, (Mon May 7, 9:21 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 9:46 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 12:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 1:07 pm)

[PATCH 1a/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select", Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 5:08 pm)

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Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 4:54 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 2:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Jeff Garzik, (Mon May 7, 4:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 4:57 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 4:49 pm)

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