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SubjectRe: 2.6.28: How come some kernel options cannot be disabled for non-existent hardware?
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 07:25:42AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
> > It still shows up as enabled and it is in dmesg shown above. How come
> > some kernel options are enabled and cannot (easily?) be disabled for
> > hardware that does not exist in my machine?
>
> It's enabled by the ATA_ACPI support so libata can handle ACPI-based
> drive hotswaps. You can check these by looking at the help for an option
> in make menuconfig. That'll tell you what's selecting an option.

I have been battling this sort of thing lately. In fact, the dock
option seems to get set with '& experimental'. I got rid of it, but
that then buggered up the selection of k8temp which needs experimental.

Nick
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