Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2014 15:03:35 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] OF: Introduce DT overlay support. | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote: >> +config OF_OVERLAY >> + bool "OF overlay support" >> + depends on OF >> + select OF_DYNAMIC >> + select OF_DEVICE >> + select OF_RESOLVE >> + help >> + OpenFirmware overlay support. Allows you to modify on runtime the >> + live tree using overlays. > > Should not be a user-visable option. Drivers using it should select it
Why not? It's up to the (final) user to use it, or not.
> or otherwise cause it to be enabled.
Why should this be driver-specific? Shouldn't this just work with all drivers?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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