Re: [PATCH 077/104] drivers/target/sbp: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Nov 06 2012 - 21:22:12 EST


On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Nicholas A. Bellinger
<nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 15:04 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL config item has not carried much meaning for a
>> while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the
>> Linux kernel summit, remove it from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.
>>
>> CC: Chris Boot <bootc@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig b/drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig
>> index 132da54..1614bc7 100644
>> --- a/drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/target/sbp/Kconfig
>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>> config SBP_TARGET
>> tristate "FireWire SBP-2 fabric module"
>> - depends on FIREWIRE && EXPERIMENTAL
>> + depends on FIREWIRE
>> help
>> Say Y or M here to enable SCSI target functionality over FireWire.
>> This enables you to expose SCSI devices to other nodes on the FireWire
>
> Looks fine to drop this usage for sbp-target.
>
> Do you want this patch to be include into the target-pending/for-next ->
> for-3.8 branch, or are you planning to take this full series upstream
> through a different tree..?

Stephen has asked that maintainers take the patches into their trees
when possible. I'm going to carry any patches that don't find a home,
so it's up to you; just let me know. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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