Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030441AbWBHShH (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:37:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030450AbWBHShH (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:37:07 -0500 Received: from fmr18.intel.com ([134.134.136.17]:54214 "EHLO orsfmr003.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030445AbWBHShE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:37:04 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:35:57 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff Thread-Index: AcYstWF/Hbc/mNZuQfOk3ANjY2icgAAJsR5w From: "Luck, Tony" To: "Jes Sorensen" , "Adrian Bunk" Cc: "Chen, Kenneth W" , "Keith Owens" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2006 18:35:58.0531 (UTC) FILETIME=[8100C130:01C62CDE] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1277 Lines: 26 Adrian> Is this OK for you? Jes> Not really, it helps a bit by selecting some things we know we need Jes> for all GENERIC builds. True we can't make it bullet proof, but whats Jes> there is better than removing it. Which I think sums up why this is so contentious. There is no right answer here as the purpose of the GENERIC entry is rather vague and has been interpreted differently by different people. Mostly it is a convenience entry that auto-selects a bunch of other config options, but there isn't a single answer to what it should select, as different people have different goals, so what might be convenient for one person would be a pain for someone else. The current set looks close ... perhaps PCI should be added as it isn't likely to inconvenience anyone, but SMP is a lot further into murky territory (some distributors like to use a UP kernel for installation ... so they want a "generic" kernel, but don't need to worry about SMP ... there are few places where SMP would be advantageous during install). -Tony - 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/