Re: small note to GENERIC for isa dependency

From: Roman Kurakin (rik_at_cronyx.ru)
Date: 04/20/04

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    Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:57:21 +0400
To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>

    Doug White wrote:

    >On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>hi!
    >>
    >>i just noticed that removing 'device isa' with 'device npx' still enabled
    >>results in a break of the kernel build.
    >>
    >>as i did not find any hint in GENERIC or NOTES i was wondering whether i should
    >>wrtie a short hint and if so, how it should look like.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >You want to do the same thing for pci? There's a LOT of stuff that
    >depends on that! :) I don't think that trying to add comments to keep
    >people from doing really dumb thing with config files is doing to fix the
    >
    >
    Ok. If I don't have ISA at all, what is bad in idea to remove it from
    config file?
    You may argue that I can do the same if I have no PCI. Yes, you are right.
    But ISAless machine are more common nowadays, than PCIless (especially
    running current).

    rik

    >problem. Theres a reason we have a whole section in the Handbook on
    >kernel configuration, and we still have people doing dumb things :)
    >
    >Also note there is a "don't remove this" comment on npx, which you would
    >think keep people from screwing around with it to much.
    >
    >
    >

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