Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757952Ab0AOSFO (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:05:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757942Ab0AOSFA (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:05:00 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:36453 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757935Ab0AOSE5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:04:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:03:41 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Kay Sievers , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Driver-Core: devtmpfs - remove EXPERIMENTAL and enable it by default Message-ID: <20100115180341.GA12146@kroah.com> References: <1263505677.2074.2.camel@yio.site> <20100115065638.005ac690@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100115065638.005ac690@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 06:56:38AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:47:57 +0100 > Kay Sievers wrote: > > > From: Kay Sievers > > Subject: Driver-Core: devtmpfs - remove EXPERIMENTAL and enable it by > > default > > > > All major distros enable devtmpfs on recent systems, so remove > > the EXPERIMENTAL flag, and enable it by default to reflect how it > > is used today. > > removing experimental is fine... but setting it by default is a bit > over the top and very inconsistent with how the 'default' option is > used. Why? All major distros need this at boot time, and as we have been through a release cycle with the config option, anyone who is incrementally updating will continue with their existing value. But new people coming in, will get the option as it is most likely required to boot properly. Makes sense to me. thanks, greg k-h -- 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/