Le 15/07/2025 à 02:31, Andrew Morton a écrit :
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:49:09 +0200 Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
Thanks. That was unkind of someone. How's this?
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: init/Kconfig: restore CONFIG_BROKEN help text
Date: Mon Jul 14 05:20:02 PM PDT 2025
Linus added it in 2003, it later was removed. Put it back.
Was removed by:
commit 3be71ba84f17f39131900f44e8ef513c696a5b11
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Sep 1 21:30:14 2003 -0700
Instead of asking for "broken drivers", ask for a "clean compile".
This makes "allyesconfig" do a better job.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 3b6e6d580e1d..c296f6bee03c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ 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
+config CLEAN_COMPILE
+ bool "Don't select drivers known to be broken" if EXPERIMENTAL
+ default y
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.
+ Select this option if you don't even want to see the option
+ to configure known-broken drivers.
- If unsure, say N.
+ If unsure, say Y
+
+config BROKEN
+ bool
+ depends on !CLEAN_COMPILE
+ default y
config BROKEN_ON_SMP
bool
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Betkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/Kconfig | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
--- a/init/Kconfig~a
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ menu "General setup"
config BROKEN
bool
+ 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.
config BROKEN_ON_SMP
bool
_
