Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 08 May 2001 14:42:56 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up |
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Alan Cox wrote:
> > But Alan's point is a good one. There are _lots_ of cases you can't get away > > with things like this, unless you get very fine grained. In fact, it would > > be much eaiser to do this seperately from the kernel. Ie another, > > There are also a lot of config options that are implied by your setup in > an embedded enviromment but which you dont actually want because you didnt > wire them > > Second guessing is not ideal. As a 'make the default config nice' trick - great
This is easy without changing CML2. Make another config option for auto-enabling hardware you "probably have"
Rules of the form "X86 and PARPORT implies PARPORT_PC" can then be transformed to "X86 and PARPORT and PROBABLE_HARDWARE implies PARPORT_PC"
Those who want a nice & easy config may then turn PROBABLE_HARDWARE on. Those who want tricks like using only nonstandard (hi-performance?) serial ports on their pc and save memory on skipping drivers for the built-in stuff can do so by turning the probable setting off.
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