Why does NET_VENDOR_DEC default to y?

Why does NET_VENDOR_DEC default to y?

[John Stoffel]

I just tried building a 3.3-rc6 kernel, based on my 3.1.0-rc4 kernel
config that I'm running.  Sue me, I don't upgrade my home server
quickly.

Anyway, I was watching the 'make oldconfig' zoom by and I noticed that
I was suddenly adding in DEC networking cards.  Now I admit I loved
the tulip cards from ages ago, but this is crazy.  I haven't had a DEC
card in my systems for years, and it's not like you find them in new
systems.  

So I poked into drivers/net/ethernet/dec/Kconfig and the stupid thing
is now setup so that NET_VENDOR_DEC defaults to Y.  Wtf?  Why do I
suddenly have to build in these drivers now?  Or even get asked about
them by default now?  

Maybe I'm just being too testy...

John

Re: Why does NET_VENDOR_DEC default to y?

[David Miller]

The new "vendor" Kconfig guards default to 'y', not the drivers
themselves.

Re: Why does NET_VENDOR_DEC default to y?

[John Stoffel]

David> The new "vendor" Kconfig guards default to 'y', not the drivers
David> themselves.

Thanks for the info.  I see that not all of the new vendor Kconfig
default to y, so I was just surprised by the change and it not being
consistent.  And looking more carefully at my old config, I see that I
did have DEC Tulip cards listed as M, so it's all my fault.

Sorry for the noise.
John