Re: [RFC]: CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED (was: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs)

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:06:40PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:

>...
> 2. Proposal
> 
> I propose to introduce a new configuration option CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, such 
> that if it is not set, the unmaintained/unsupported code will not be compiled 
> into the kernel.  Moreover,
> * IMO the option should not be set by default, which would require a user 
> action to include the unsupported code into the kernel,
> * IMO the option should be documented as to indicate that the code marked with 
> the help of it is not supported by kernel developers and may be removed from 
> the kernel at any time without notification.
>...

Quoting 2.6 MAINTAINERS:

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> Yours,
> rjw

cu
Adrian

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