Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:59:54 +0100 | From | Andrea Barisani <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.6.0, wrong Kconfig directives |
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:17:32PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 12:56:23AM +0100, Andrea Barisani wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > Hi Andrea,
Hi!
> > > Installing 2.6.0 I've found that some kernel options directives are wrong, > > in fact the option turns out to be always enabled. I don't think this is > > a desired behaviour. > > > > Sorry for the format, yes I know it's ugly :) but I'll leave to you the proper > > solution :) so I can't make a proper patch. > > > > > > - IPV6_SCTP___ option is always turned on > > > > ./net/sctp/Kconfig: > > > > 8: config IPV6_SCTP__ > > 9: tristate > > 10: default y if IPV6=n > > 11: default IPV6 if IPV6 > > 12: > > 13: config IP_SCTP > > 14: tristate "The SCTP Protocol (EXPERIMENTAL)" > > 15: depends on IPV6_SCTP__ > > > > > > I think something is wrong here, why the 'default y if IPV6=n' ??? > > > It's ___ugly___ but designed this way... > > The whole purpose of IPV6_SCTP__ is to disallow static IP_SCTP with > modular IPV6.
Ok, so it's actually a "dummy" config with not linked with real code. A simple grep suggest that. If so I won't complain again, now it's clear ;)
However it's really ___ugly___ ;)
> > These EMBEDDED are there to help people not to accidentially disable > these options although they might require them.
Ok that's fine, however I personally think this should be documented in EMBEDDED related options to let people know how they can disable them.
And I really think that MOUSEDEV should not be considered a 'not-standard' option. It's quite common disabling MOUSE support on servers, terminals and so on. :)
> cu > Adrian
Bye and thanks
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