Re: Forced PCI support in kernel

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 09:47:32AM +0100, Alan Buxey wrote:
> hi,
> 
> > The latest Permedia 2 update as resulted in CONFIG_PCI always being true
> > with no way to remove it - even if a) you have no need for PCI, b) no
> > Permedia 2.
> 
> 2) really? If you dont have a PermediaII then there shouldnt be PCI -
> though if you have a CSPPC or BPPC you do have that PCI stuff present and
> it could be used to autodetect a pm2

Well, ...

i guess is that you have to _compile_ the kernel with or without pci, so what
happens is that in order for a kernel to be able to use, or not use pm2fb, it
needs to be compiled with pci.

> > What's the consensus on always having PCI support compiled in ?
> > 
> > Should it be an option ?
> 
> well, it should be an option if those without pm2's dont need PCI

Well, that said, it should be possible to compile the kernel without pci nor
pm2fb, but this should only be a configuration file change i think, ...

That is unless i missed something, Michel ?

Friendly,

Sven