Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix (was: Re: [regression]e1000e broke e1000)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> >
> > Not for us that don't compile modules at all, or only modules for the 
> > devices we actually have.
> 
> That would work, too.

No it wouldn't, not when the driver we used forever suddenly stopped 
supporting them.

The fact that some *other* driver that I'd never ever enabled in my life 
suddenly supports them is irrelevant - it's not in my list of "hardware I 
have", and it's not even getting compiled.

And no, I'm not talking about some theoretical "this could happen" thing. 
I hit exactly that with commit 040babf9d84e7010c457e9ce69e9eb1c27927c9e (I 
then thought that the new driver didn't even work for me, but that turned 
out to be an unrelated bug).

It's very irritating when a working machine suddenly just stops working 
because some config option just changed its meaning. VERY irritating.

			Linus
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