Re: [PATCH for 2.6.22] [6/10] x86: Only make Macintosh driversdefault on Macs

From: Will Schmidt
Date: Thu Jun 21 2007 - 17:09:41 EST


On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 20:54 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Will Schmidt wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll second that. The obvious gotcha is that on a G5, the windfarm
> > > drivers don't get automatically selected, thus the fans run at full
> > > speed, and my office becomes a windtunnel. :-)
> >
> > Since when has "default" been anything but "default". It doesn't mean that
> > you can't override it. And if "make oldconfig" doesn't take the _old_
> > setting into account over the new one, there's something wrong.

> I said no to all new options (except IDE_PROC_FS and FIREWIRE), until
> CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS. If I say y, everything else was disabled.
>
> mkdir ../$$$$
> gzip -cd < /tmp/config.gz > ../$$$$/.config
> make -kj3 O=../$$$$ ARCH=powerpc
>

I copy in the g5_defconfig and then do my "make oldconfig". which
eventually prompts with:
Macintosh device drivers (MACINTOSH_DRIVERS) [N/y] (NEW)

But I see what got me.. The g5_defconfig hasnt been updated since
before the MACINTOSH_DRIVERS option was added back in April; so I have
no old setting to carry over into the new.

Unless someone beats me to it, I'll spin up a new g5_defconfig via the
ppc-dev list shortly. :-)

-Will

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