Return-path: Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:19198 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752445Ab2FKPqY (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:46:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4FD612CA.1050604@qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20120611_174628_222726_8126DA28) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:46:18 +0300 From: Kalle Valo MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: Arend van Spriel , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , , , Subject: Re: [RFC 0/3] wireless: add CONFIG_CFG80211_EXPERT References: <1339203070-17979-1-git-send-email-rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com> <1339228530.4539.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4FD3A936.8070600@broadcom.com> <1339399952.4520.13.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4FD60369.80108@qca.qualcomm.com> <1339425944.4520.27.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1339425944.4520.27.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/11/2012 05:45 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 17:40 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > >> I would compare this with NL80211_TESTMODE, we don't want distributions >> to enable that either. Of course nothing prevents distros to enable >> CFG80211_EXPERT but we need to be active to make sure it's not enabled >> (ie. check the distro configs and file bugs etc). > > Right, but that's actually a feature. I see little value in a pretty > much meaningless "EXPERT wireless" Kconfig symbol that only groups > others. Ah, I see. > If, as Arend suggested, it actually has some meaning, then it > may make more sense. Yeah, I see your point. FWIW I do see the value with CFG80211_EXPERT as it makes more difficult for users to accidentally enable certain features. And it makes it easier for us to search for distros which have CFG80211_EXPERT enabled. Kalle