From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265803AbUFIR3u (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:29:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265814AbUFIR3u (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:29:50 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:28288 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265798AbUFIR3i (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:29:38 -0400 Message-Id: <200406091729.i59HTgHT021011@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Sau Dan Lee Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: keyboard problem with 2.6.6 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:12:09 +0200." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200406071551.i57Fpl89023562@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200406071636.i57Gafh7024942@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200406081502.i58F2gF3013622@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200406091656.i59GuDeH019833@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_730698817P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:29:42 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_730698817P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:12:09 +0200, Sau Dan Lee said: > A person trying to upgrade from 2.4 would suppose that the 2.4 .config > won't work and would likely start with "make allmodconfig", and then > "make {menu/x}config". With 100s (or 1000s) of configuration items, > it is not easy for a 2.4-er to discover that one now has to explicitly > enable i8042 and atkbd. So, it is likely for him to have: > = > CONFIG_SERIO=3Dm > CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=3Dm *plonk* OK. You proved that it's possible to create a kernel configuration that w= on't boot on your hardware (hey, people who boot off IDE or SCSI and build tho= se drivers as modules have to play initrd games too). Let me know when you actually answer the question - which was "Why does t= hat mean it's OK to break users who *do* answer with 'y' for those options?" = (An alternate way of looking at it is that you will mandate a situation where= the only *useful* values are equivalent to 'm' and 'n' - either you don't hav= e it at all (n) or you need userspace assistance before you have it (m). --==_Exmh_730698817P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFAx0kFcC3lWbTT17ARAp20AKCc/vBtgF2/0qCeNvDS+7TV28QCVQCfcTqK BRcow1Ffq7BsM25Kk3Ih08E= =flPU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_730698817P--