[PATCH] powerpc: remove default=y from PMAC and CHRP Kconfigs

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Oct 10 12:22:24 EST 2008


On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote:

> Timur Tabi writes:
>
>> I'm waiting for someone to explain to me what's so special about CHRP
>> and PMAC that these two platforms should be enabled by default, when
>> all other PowerPC platforms are disabled by default.
>
> Historically they have been the most important 32-bit platforms, along
> with PReP.
>
> The problem with making all platforms default to N is that if you take
> the default values for all config options you end up with a config
> that won't build.  So we want at least one platform to default to Y,
> and pmac has been as good a choice as any for that (and probably still
> is).

I've got no issue w/grandfathering CHRP or PMAC as default Y.  However  
I DO NOT think we should default other platforms to 'Y' as that means  
updating configs will pick up platforms they dont want.

- k



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