Re: 2.4.28 config prompts for EXPERIMENTAL features when shouldn't

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 08:59:08AM -0800, Mike Castle wrote:

> I have a basic kernel config that I use for boot disks that has
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL set to no.  Yet, with using my old 2.4.26 config with
> 2.4.28, I'm getting prompted for new experimental features:
> 
>   NVIDIA SATA support (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV) [N/y/m/?] (NEW) 
>   Ethernet Gadget (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_USB_ETH) [M/n/?] 
>     RNDIS support (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_USB_ETH_RNDIS) [N/y/?] (NEW) 
> 
> The fact that CONFIG_USB_ETH was set in my 2.4.26 config seems to indicate
> this is not a new problem.  :->

Thanks for this report.

The "(EXPERIMENTAL)" string isn't directly coupled to the dependency on 
EXPERIMENTAL.

I'll send fixes in a minute.

> mrc

cu
Adrian

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