Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932118AbVLAJlS (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 04:41:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932121AbVLAJlS (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 04:41:18 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:24331 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932118AbVLAJlS (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 04:41:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:41:11 +0000 From: Russell King To: David Woodhouse Cc: Franck , lkml Subject: Re: [NET] Remove ARM dependency for dm9000 driver Message-ID: <20051201094111.GA14726@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: David Woodhouse , Franck , lkml References: <20051130162327.GC1053@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051130165546.GD1053@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1133374482.4117.91.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> <20051130190224.GE1053@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1133426199.4117.179.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133426199.4117.179.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1203 Lines: 29 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 08:36:39AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 19:02 +0000, Russell King wrote: > > We agree to disagree. For example, in all probability, ARM will never > > see a TPM chip, yet it's offered for selection. Given that, does it > > really make sense to offer it for ARM? > > You speak of _probability_. Yes, it makes sense to offer it as an > _option_ for ARM. It just doesn't make sense to put it in the defconfig > for any of the existing platforms. > > Nobody expects 'allyesconfig' to be something you'd actually want to > _use_. In which case why do we restrict floppy to only those machines which could have floppy? Why do we restrict IDE to only those platforms which may have IDE? Hint: there's already a precident established for *not* offering configuration options which are pointless. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/