Re: [2.1.121-pre1] Weird alpha defconfig?

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:43:54 -0700


On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 11:35:07PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I _hope_ this is an experimental change, designed to find things that
> break before 2.2... If this is a release candidate and not an
> experiment, I respectfully request that the changes be backed out.

It was partially accidental, but pardon my asking, why do you care?

> The Alpha defconfig used to be perfect (for me:))

You and two other people on the face of the globe.

> but it now turns on
>
> CONFIG_ EXPERIMENTAL, MODVERSIONS, KMOD, IDE*,
> FIREWALL, NET_ALIAS, MULTICAST, TRANSPARENT_PROXY,
> RARP, IP_MASQ*, FB*, ALWAYS_DEFRAG, MAGIC_SYSRQ, etc.
>
> A lot of these options are not useful at all except in specialized
> situations...

On the contrary. That's my home config you see there.

r~

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