Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751832AbdISW7X (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:59:23 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:49746 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751634AbdISW7W (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:59:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20170919.155921.343695983211850627.davem@davemloft.net> To: vcaputo@pengaru.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: aquantia: default to no in config From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20170919230249.GB17797@shells.gnugeneration.com> References: <20170919224315.GA17797@shells.gnugeneration.com> <20170919.155231.1474915838737685519.davem@davemloft.net> <20170919230249.GB17797@shells.gnugeneration.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 25.2 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 285 Lines: 8 From: vcaputo@pengaru.com Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:02:49 -0700 > Out of curiosity, what's the rationale for that decision? So that you don't need to know what special vendor knob needs to be switched in order to even be offered the config knob for the driver you are interested in.