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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KCONFIG:  Set the default for the deprecated sysfs entries to N.
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:27:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070304162709.GB24613@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703040604330.16320@CPE00045a9c397f-CM001225dbafb6>

On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:08:04AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   Set the default for creating deprecated sysfs files to "no".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
> 
> ---
> 
>   Given that the help info for this entry states that "None of these
> features or values should be used today," it makes more sense for the
> config entry to default to no, wouldn't you think?

No, it turns out that there were just too many people using older
userspaces, so the default of Y is correct for now.  It's also safer
that way as otherwise people build kernels that don't boot.

So sorry, I'm not going to apply this change.

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-04 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-04 11:08 Robert P. J. Day
2007-03-04 16:27 ` Greg KH [this message]

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