Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Alan Cox <> | | Subject | Re: 64bit clean drivers was Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre1 | | Date | Wed, 7 Aug 2002 07:10:36 -0400 (EDT) |
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> dep_bool .... $CONFIG_X86_32 > > Would that be acceptable for you? (ok that would not cover ppc32 for > example, but they may have other issues with the driver)
dep_bool doesnt have negations, bracketing or or operations. Thats why CML1 can't handle it but CML2 probably could have
> They will discover it when they don't find a driver for an device and > can then find the disabled configuration and look into fixing it > (for someone able to fix the driver checking the configuration should > be trivial)
No they'll mail you asking where it has gone
> In my opinion it is just not acceptable when the enable the driver by > mistake or load the wrong module and it crashes.
Thats a packaging issue for distributed prebuilt kernel trees. Also crashes are the only way you are going to find out what needs fixing, who wants to fix it and the like - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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