Re: HEADS UP: Custom config and HEAD

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :
> :Hi all,
> :I want to warn you that I'll soon commit the stat(2) changes and if you
> :have a custom kernel config, you really want to have COMPAT_DF12,
> :otherwise the kernel won't even make it through a reboot.
> :
> :Joerg
>
>     Hmm.  This makes me a bit uncomfortable.  I'm worried that we are
>     going to get a ton of bug reports from people who get caught out in
>     the code, despite the warning.  Maybe we should invert the sense of 
>     the option.  e.g. NO_COMPAT_DF12.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Can we not deterministically shove that option instead of asking the user 
to do such a thing?

--
Hiten