From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265561AbTFMWFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:05:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265563AbTFMWFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:05:51 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:46823 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265561AbTFMWFi (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:05:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:19:22 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: OverrideX , vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.70 hangs on boot Message-ID: <20030613221922.GA11121@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Vojtech Pavlik , OverrideX , vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1055466518.29294.10.camel@nazgul> <20030613214944.GA10406@suse.de> <20030614001209.E10851@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030614001209.E10851@ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:12:09AM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > This really wants fixing badly. The source of this problem seems to be > > people taking 2.4 configs (where CONFIG_INPUT=m was fine), and it all > > going pear-shaped when people make oldconfig. I'm aware of the problems > > that oldconfig can't override variables set in .config, so how about > > just renaming CONFIG_INPUT to something else ? > > I'm considering CONFIG_INPUT_ADVANCED, which would default to 'n', like > with the font and parition config and if set to 'n', all the modules > needed for 2.4 functional compatibility would be automatically built in. > What do you think? I don't see how this helps the situation. CONFIG_INPUT=m from a 2.4 config will still make CONFIG_VT not show up in the 2.5 config. Dave