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Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 20:45:55 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vchiq: Set $CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV to be enabled
 by default
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On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 12:07:16AM +0530, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> Before this config was defined, the cdev used to be created
> unconditionally. When an earlier commit introduced this config, the
> default behavior was set to disabled, which might surprise some
> unsuspecting users.  Hence, make this config default to 'Y' to be more
> backward consistent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> index 63caa6818d37..2b70c37cdd09 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Kconfig
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if BCM2835_VCHIQ
>  
>  config VCHIQ_CDEV
>  	bool "VCHIQ Character Driver"
> +	default y


default y is only if the machine will not work without this option.
Is that the case here?  If not, then please do not have this as the
default.

thanks,

greg k-h