Hi, On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Brown, Len wrote: > >Default is 'n' when omitted... > > This default stuff seems to be make-work > without any real value. > > At one time we had default =m to try to show > what a reasonable usable configuration was. > These got globally replaced to =y because > apparently it is taboo to have default =m. > > But =y defaults don't make much sense either, > particularly if you use =m like most people do. > > The last time we discussed this, Roman suggested > deleting all the defaults that require human interaction. > > As the concept appears to be meaningless, I'm inclined to agree. The problem with using defaults is, if something should be enabled, maybe it shouldn't be a config option at all or at least be hidden. In the future this should all be part of an autoconfiguration process, where a base configuration is generated from different sources (e.g. a script which looks at the current kernel or machine specific default config). The point is that the defaults can depend on a lot of parameters, one of which is the user himself and every user likes different defaults. So until we have a better autoconfiguration it's better to avoid abusing the defaults. The current configuration system is not ready for aunt Tilly yet, it would be far better to provide useful help texts to allow the user to make reasonable a decision and the majority of the defaults should come from a different source anyway (the current kernel configuration) and for any new configuration option which can cause a kernel to be unbootable should maybe not an option. bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
