On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 October 2008 08:26:29 Bastian Blank wrote:
>> > +config DEVMEM
>> > +   bool "devmem"
>> > +   default y
>>
>> Why default y? This is no generic tool.
>
> When did defconfig stop being the maximum sane configuration, by the way?  I
> suspect there was a policy shift, I just didn't see the announcement...
>
> And what criteria are you using to determine what is and isn't a generic tool?
> Defconfig includes things like taskset and inotifyd that don't even build on
> a lot of non-x86 architectures (even with a current kernel).  When's the last
> time anybody actually used "mt"?  Who decided that dkpg wasn't "generic" but
> rpm was?  findfs is disabled in defconfig but fdformat is enabled (in 2008)?

Thanks for pointing out inconsistensies. I fixed a few.
Keep complaining please, this helps me to make it better.

findfs + blkid are new, I did not enable them for now.

fdformat indeed may be disabled.
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