Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758686AbXE0QPO (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 12:15:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756620AbXE0QPC (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 12:15:02 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:36570 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756456AbXE0QPA (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 12:15:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 18:14:58 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Jesper Juhl Cc: Kay Sievers , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB: set default y for CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS Message-ID: <20070527161458.GA1749@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Jesper Juhl , Kay Sievers , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070527150458.GA3803@vrfy.org> <9a8748490705270910q2fde0e19i1e60393cef7b86d4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a8748490705270910q2fde0e19i1e60393cef7b86d4@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 860 Lines: 22 On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:10:41PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)" > > depends on USB > >- default n > >+ default y > > It puzzles me why a deprecated option should be default 'Y'... Because if it defaults to 'n', a 'make oldconfig' will break unmodified userspace on reboot, which is something we don't want to do in a 'stable' series, without announcing it first for a serious length of time. Bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services - 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/