Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:28:37 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.5.5-dj1 - Bug Reports |
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Hi!
> > > It compiled fine. When I booted up everything looked normal with the > > > exception of a > > > eth1: going OOM > > > message that kept scrolling down the screen. My eth1 is a natsemi card. > > > > That's interesting. Probably moreso for Manfred. I'll double check > > I didn't goof merging the oom-handling patch tomorrow. > > > > > Eventually that stopped and gdm came up. For some reason my keyboard and > > > mouse wouldn't work. > > > > -dj includes a different input layer to Linus' tree, which requires > > some extra options enabled. Vojtech, this is quite a frequent > > 'bug report', and I think if you merged that with Linus, the number > > of reports would climb. Is there a possibility of simplifying the > > config.in somewhat? Or at least changing the defaults to give the > > element of least surprise.. > > The defaults are changed :(. However people coying their .configs over > don't use the defaults. The help files say what to do in case of doubt. > I'm not sure what more I can do.
Few define_bool's for transition period? That way it will get as =y to .config, and you can present real config options after few versions ;-).
Or create
CONFIG_ADVANCED_INPUT_OPTIONS, default to N, which will make all suitable options Y.... That's hacky, but we've got a precedents. Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa - 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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