From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:59:04 +0200 (CEST)

Re: Problems with ATI Mach64 Driver...

On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Andrew Apted wrote:
> > The only advantage I can see of having the cfb* as options in the kernel
> > config is reducing kernel code size.  But... if/when we integrate kgicon
> > into the kernel makefile system, then we either (a) force all the cfb*
> > options to be set whenever `[ ] Enable KGICON support' is set (otherwise
> > it don't compile), or (b) live with it.  Since users have to enable the
> > `[ ] Advanced low level driver options' to disable the cfb* options,
> > then I say (b) keep the #ifdefs and let the users RTFM.
> 
> 	OK, I agree.  I think the best solution is to turn the damn cfbx
> code into modules that are compiled and linked intelligently by the kernel
> according to a set of dependencies.  It is absurd to have the user have to
> figure out the dependencies themselves. 

For the drivers in drivers/video, this is already the case. If you say
CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=n, the Makefile will be smart.

The problem is that most people think they're smarter, hence they say
CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y and then they start complaining :-)

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium