Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752513AbWAFRlj (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:41:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752517AbWAFRli (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:41:38 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:58637 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752513AbWAFRlh (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:41:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:41:28 +0000 From: Russell King To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] don't allow users to set CONFIG_BROKEN=y Message-ID: <20060106174127.GE16093@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060106173547.GR12131@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060106173547.GR12131@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 797 Lines: 21 On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:35:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Do not allow people to create configurations with CONFIG_BROKEN=y. > > The sole reason for CONFIG_BROKEN=y would be if you are working on > fixing a broken driver, but in this case editing the Kconfig file is > trivial. > > Never ever should a user enable CONFIG_BROKEN. NACK. MTD_OBSOLETE_CHIPS still hasn't been fixed and must be fixed _before_ this patch can go in. -- 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/