[kernel] This should never be =y
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Mon Dec 19 22:25:31 UTC 2011
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 04:54:55PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 09:48:06PM +0000, Dave Jones wrote:
> > commit f76e0239ae4715d34b39397046b51825fb3fa47c
> > Author: Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> > Date: Mon Dec 19 16:47:56 2011 -0500
> >
> > This should never be =y
> >
>
> Looks like nobody noticed when it changed from a bool to a tristate in
> 2006...
>
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 31) config
> DEV_APPLETALK
> 9cac2c35 (David S. Miller 2006-07-30 20:20:54 -0700 32) tristate
> "Appletalk interfaces support"
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 33) depends
> on ATALK
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 34) help
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 35)
> AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 36) on a
> network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network, and wish
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 37) to do
> IP over it, or you have a LocalTalk card and wish to use it to
> ^1da177e (Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 38)
> connect to the AppleTalk network, say Y.
>
> This isn't the first time this has happened...
Turns out we were getting lucky anyway, as it depended on CONFIG_ATALK, which
was modular.
Dave
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