Re: small note to GENERIC for isa dependency

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:38:15 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <20040421143336.GA31427_at_daemon.li>
            Josef El-Rayes <josef_at_daemon.li> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp_at_bsdimp.com>:
: > And I do think there's code that unwisely assumes isa will always be
: > there.
: 
: whats the sense of a removable option which will only result in a
: broken kernel build, if it is removed? why not hide it or
: make a note so no one tries to remove it?

it is an option no one has tried to remove until recently, and the
amount of code that unwisely depends on it was unknown until such
efforts were undertaken.  It could be made to work, just that nobody
has climbed the hill to make it work.

Warner
Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 05:38:27 UTC

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