Messages in this thread | | | From | "Chen, Kenneth W" <> | Subject | RE: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff | Date | Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:36:33 -0800 |
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Matthew Wilcox wrote on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:24 PM > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:55:58AM -0800, Chen, Kenneth W wrote: > > CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC select CONFIG_ACPI, and CONFIG_ACPI select CONFIG_PCI, > > This whole thread is silly since the beginning and it is a moot point for > > all of previous discussions. What are we talking about exactly?? > > I think the problem is that ia64 is abusing the 'select' feature. > Select is a reverse dependency. It should be used to turn things on > which are required for this option to work. Right now, the generic > config uses it to turn on things which people think you probably want > if you're building a generic kernel. > > IMO, the select statements should be deleted. They make it impossible to > build a generic kernel without ACPI or NUMA. While both are ubiquitous > in ia64 implementations, they really aren't mandatory.
Things are mangled so badly that you can't even compile a generic kernel after deselecting ACPI.
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