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Re: [RFC 0/3] wireless: add CONFIG_CFG80211_EXPERT

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On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 17:40 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:

> > I still don't see the need. What would you put under it in
> > brcm[sf]mac? I certainly wouldn't see any reason to put anything
> > under it in our driver since it's much simpler to .
> 
> Looks like something is missing here?

Sorry, yeah,  Iwas going to say it's simpler to put something under the
driver's Kconfig.

> > Also, the argument about distros doesn't really work that way, if
> > there are users interested in something then the distros will
> > certainly enable this (CFG80211_EXPERT) option to get something
> > hidden behind it.
> 
> I would compare this with NL80211_TESTMODE, we don't want distributions
> to enable that either. Of course nothing prevents distros to enable
> CFG80211_EXPERT but we need to be active to make sure it's not enabled
> (ie. check the distro configs and file bugs etc).

Right, but that's actually a feature. I see little value in a pretty
much meaningless "EXPERT wireless" Kconfig symbol that only groups
others. If, as Arend suggested, it actually has some meaning, then it
may make more sense.

johannes

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