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SubjectRe: [ACPI] Re: [PATCH] [2.6.13-mm2] set IBM ThinkPad extras to default n in Kconfig
FromErik Slagter <>
DateSat, 10 Sep 2005 11:47:25 +0200
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 11:42 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 06:25:00PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> 
> > The best would be to avoid using defaults completely, unless the resulting 
> > kernel is non-functional (e.g. it doesn't compile or boot).
> > So far it's still the responsibility of the user to explicitly turn 
> > everything on he needs (at least until we have a functional autoconfig).
> > BTW distros are not the only users, from them I would expect how to 
> > configure a kernel.
> 
> Actually, this sounds pretty sane and IMHO is somehow the biggest common
> denominator concerning linux users and their kernel configuration
> recreational activities :); but seriously, going all over the menus of Kbuild
> and turning everything off is a lot of work compared to turning on the
> several things I need on my system. "default m" is also not a good thing
> since compiling of unnecessary modules is simply dumb for a system
> that's just not going to use them.

Not to mention the bugs you get for free while you don't even (actively)
use the offending module/piece of code.
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