Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Do not enable by default during compile testing

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 04/04/2025 14:57, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/04/2025 14:49, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 4/4/25 05:39, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> Enabling the compile test should not cause automatic enabling of all
>>> drivers.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, I seem to be missing something.
>>
>> Isn't that what COMPILE_TEST is all about, that it enables everything ?
> 
> No. Compile test *allows* to compile test, but it does not mean you want
> immediately compile everything. allyesconfig is for everything. Maybe
> you want to compile some subset of drivers.
> 
> BTW, I am aligning with the most frequent pattern (quickly judging), so
> of course I also accept argument that we should revert that other
> pattern and use "default y" everywhere.

+Cc Arnd,

I also dug out old recommendation from Arnd (so I am not making this
stuff up):

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8P3a1TY+XT1vF=wAh0XA5BXU5Z6Ab1d4DekXbVsN9aj3aL5w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Best regards,
Krzysztof