Re: [Bug 6451] CONFIG_KMOD is not set for x86_64 but is set to Yfor i386 and other archs

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> Now, the point you _could_ have made, is that the Help on KMOD says
> 
>    "If unsure, say Y"
> 
> Which to me _is_ a bug.  I just hate it when the default doesn't match the
> recommended comment of any config option.

What I personally hate even more are help texts, that want me to say Y, 
but don't really explain why (and even worse are options which set the 
default to y without explanation).
This is a somewhat common boilerplate which has it's origin in the old 
config help files and has been copied everywhere. A good help text should 
explain what it does, when the option is enabled and then can give
specific advice, who should enable it.

bye, Roman
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