Re: [patch] disable CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX_PORTS config option

From: Ben Collins (bcollins@debian.org)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 08:13:32 EST

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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:19:19AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> IMHO it gives a bad picture of the quality of Linux if a stable kernel
> contains options that doesn't compile. CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX_PORTS
> doesn't compile (the error message is at the end of the mail) and Andreas
> Bombe stated in a private mail to me four months ago that it shouldn't
> have been a public option.
>
> My patch doesn't do any harm because currently the kernel doesn't compile
> when this option is enabled and if someone fixes pcilynx.c it's pretty
> trivial to revert this patch.

We've already done this locally in our repo. Go ahead and apply this
patch if you want.

Ben

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