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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: New network cards default to "Y" with "make oldconfig"
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 14:51:16
Message-Id: q785gm$1p8c$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New network cards default to "Y" with "make oldconfig" by Andrew Udvare
1 On 2019-03-24, Andrew Udvare <audvare@×××××.com> wrote:
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4 >> On Mar 23, 2019, at 21:03, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
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6 >> When setting up a new kernel with "make oldconfig", almost all new
7 >> device drivers default to "N". The glaring exception is network cards.
8 >> They all seem to default to "Y". Is this a bug or a "feature"?
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10 > This has been a 'feature' for a while. I find it very annoying.
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12 Extrememly so.
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15 Grant