Re: [2.6 patch] don't allow users to set CONFIG_BROKEN=y

From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] don't allow users to set CONFIG_BROKEN=y
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:26:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9a8748490601061026t3e467dfdxc90b6403bbd45802@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060106180626.GV12131@stusta.de>

On 1/6/06, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:49:55PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On 1/6/06, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> > > Do not allow people to create configurations with CONFIG_BROKEN=y.
> > >
> > > The sole reason for CONFIG_BROKEN=y would be if you are working on
> > > fixing a broken driver, but in this case editing the Kconfig file is
> > > trivial.
> > >
> > > Never ever should a user enable CONFIG_BROKEN.
> > >
> > I disagree (slightly) with this patch for a few reasons:
> >
> > - It's very convenient to be able to enable it through menuconfig.
>
> And when do you really need it?
>
Hmm, when I'm looking for broken stuff to fix ;)
I guess you are right, ordinary users don't need it.. Ok, count me in
as supporting this move.


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