* Kevin Hilman <[email protected]> [101116 11:45]:
> Tony Lindgren <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > * Tomi Valkeinen <[email protected]> [101116 05:41]:
> >> On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 07:09 +0100, ext Nilofer, Samreen wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >   Any more comments on this patch?
> >> 
> >> I'm not sure if enabling kernel options by default is a good thing.
> >> Somehow I remember that enabling things by default is not looked kindly
> >> at. Shouldn't they be enabled in the arch/arm/configs config file, if
> >> they are wanted?
> >> 
> >> Tony, do you have opinnion on this? Should DSS features be enabled by
> >> default in the Kconfig files, or only in the board config file?
> >
> > The best thing would be to have DSS y if ARCH_OMAP2PLUS or similar,
> > then have all the features built in and pass the configuration options
> > in platform_data. That still allows disabling certain features with
> > Kconfig if needed for memory consumption etc. But the omap2plus_defconfig
> > should "just work" on all the boards.
> 
> Personally, I'd much rather see DSS core and optional features default
> to being built as a module.
> 
> Other than a splash screen, there's no reason DSS is needed for a
> minimal boot.

Sure a module would be even better. My point is that the selection of
all the features should be enabled by default and the board options come
from platform_data.

Tony
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