what is the rationale for all ethernet device vendors being "default y"?

just noticed that on my x86 system, when i do a: $ make defconfig under "Ethernet driver support", all the top-level vendor choices (3com, adaptec and so on) all have Kconfig entries with: default y reasonably, for each vendor, all of their cards are not "default y" (that would be kind

Re: what is the rationale for all ethernet device vendors being "default y"?

"Robert P. J. Day" writes: > just noticed that on my x86 system, when i do a: > > $ make defconfig > > under "Ethernet driver support", all the top-level vendor choices > (3com, adaptec and so on) all have Kconfig entries with: > > default y > > reasonably, for each

Re: what is the rationale for all ethernet device vendors being "default y"?

On Wed, 4 May 2016, Bjørn Mork wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > just noticed that on my x86 system, when i do a: > > > > $ make defconfig > > > > under "Ethernet driver support", all the top-level vendor choices > > (3com, adaptec and so on) all have Kconfig