Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.23-rc1

[david@lang.hm]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Len Brown wrote:

> > > CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP.  Not trivial for a user to select it
> > > when it doesn't even appear on the menu.  It doesn't appear
> > > because CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP isn't enabled, but that doesn't
> > > appear either -- because CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU isn't selected.
> >
> > so have something like
> >
> > config ACPI_SLEEP
> >          select HOTPLUG_CPU if X86 && SMP
> >          select SUSPEND_SMP if X86 && SMP
> >
> > instead of makeing it dependant on ACPI.
>
> If more config options where better, then this
> would indeed be an improvement over 2.6.22.
> But more config options isn't better -- except for "some people":-)

coupling unrelated fetures togeather isn't better either.

David Lang
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