On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:05:31AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> The original first commit had added 'BROKEN', although currently there
> are no explanations about it in the tree.
commit c0dde7404aff064bff46ae1d5f1584d38e30c3bf
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Aug 17 21:23:57 2003 -0700
Add CONFIG_BROKEN (default 'n') to hide known-broken drivers.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0d1629e23398..5c012aeb2a8f 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL
you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or
drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.
+config BROKEN
+ bool "Prompt for old and known-broken drivers"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
+ help
+ This option allows you to choose whether you want to try to
+ compile (and fix) old drivers that haven't been updated to
+ new infrastructure.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
endmenu
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