[PATCH 2/3] spi-nor: intel-spi: Explicitly mark the driver as dangerous in Kconfig
Mika Westerberg
mika.westerberg at linux.intel.com
Sun Jan 7 20:00:38 PST 2018
On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 09:32:46PM +0100, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> Hi Mika,
>
> Le 04/01/2018 à 10:07, Mika Westerberg a écrit :
> > The driver is not meant for normal users at all but instead such users
> > who really know what they are doing and are able to build their own
> > kernel to enable it. Mark both driver Kconfig entries as dangerous to
> > make sure the driver is not accidentally enabled without understanding
> > possible issues in doing so.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg at linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
> > index 89da88e59121..f480b227a6b8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
> > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ config SPI_INTEL_SPI
> > tristate
> >
> > config SPI_INTEL_SPI_PCI
> > - tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver"
> > + tristate "Intel PCH/PCU SPI flash PCI driver (DANGEROUS)"
>
> I guess it might be even better and safer to add "default n" too, don't
> you agree? Adding only the "DANGEROUS" word would not prevent build
> scripts to select this driver when creating a kernel config from scratch.
But isn't it always "default n" unless otherwise stated?
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