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Re: i386 and the COMPAT_50 option



On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 01:14:16PM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:02:40AM +0200, Antti Kantee wrote:
> 
> > Always include non-modularized compat by default, but flip the defs and
> > provide NO_COMPAT for the people who must compile their own kernels and
> > just can't live with compat compiled in.  That way the people who want
> > to ultratweak can continue to do so, but we give a strong statement of
> > what is considered default and don't have to maintain an evergrowing
> > list of compat options in hundreds of config files.
> 
> I really like this. It has my vote.

It has mine, too, with one minor nit:  we can already maintain the list
in conf/std, and people can add the relevant "no options COMPAT_XX" in
their configuration files.

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