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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] net: kbuild: Don't default net vendor configs to y
On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:24:50 -0800
Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
>
> NET_VENDOR_XYZ were defaulted to 'y' for no technical reason.
>
> Since all drivers belonging to a vendor are supposed to default to 'n',
> defaulting all vendors to 'n' shouldn't be an issue, and aligns well
> with the 'no new drivers' by default mentality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

This was done back when vendors were introduced in the network drivers tree.
The default of Y allowed older configurations to just work.

So there was a reason, not sure if it matters anymore.
But it seems like useless repainting to change it now.

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