Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:23:48 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] drivers: cleanup Kconfig stuff |
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 09:42:17PM +0530, Anand Gadiyar wrote: > On 10/19/2010 9:22 PM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 01:03:28PM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >>Add missing dependencies, and remove redundant ones, and select sensible > >>defaults. > >> > >>Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> > >>--- > >> drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 3 ++- > >> drivers/regulator/Kconfig | 1 + > >> drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig | 3 +-- > >> drivers/usb/musb/Kconfig | 6 ++---- > >> drivers/usb/otg/Kconfig | 2 ++ > >> 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > >> > >>diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > >>index db51ea1..0bbaf01 100644 > >>--- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > >>+++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > >>@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ config MENELAUS > >> config TWL4030_CORE > >> bool "Texas Instruments TWL4030/TWL5030/TWL6030/TPS659x0 Support" > >> depends on I2C=y&& GENERIC_HARDIRQS > >>+ default y if ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4 > > > >Sorry, but unless the driver is somehow required to keep the board from > >going up in a puff of smoke, a default should NEVER be y. > > > >Because of that, I can't take this patch. > > > > This is the driver for the Power-management IC on the board. Without > this IC being correctly configured, I'm guessing a lot of things > will fail. Not so sure if anything will go up in smoke (sounds > unlikely), or if the kernel will fail to boot - I'll check quickly - > but for this one specific instance, I think it's reasonable to > accept a default y.
Sorry, but no, I'm not going to take it for the reasons stated above.
> Kevin/Tony can probably confirm. > > Greg, > > For other instances of unnecessary "default y", do you think they > should be removed?
I wouldn't worry about trivial things like that, the damage is already done.
thanks,
greg k-h
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