Due to it's experimental nature, do you want Novices playing with this as
a module parameter, or would you rather that someone who at least knew how
to compile a kernal played with it... I would think the later would be
more appropriate.
Mark
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:
> CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
>
> This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
> are using low quality on long cabling. It tries to match the
> transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is experimental
> since hardly documented by the manufacturer. If unsure, say N.
>
> Jeff,
>
> don't you think this sort of thing should be a module option, and
> not a compile-time option?
>
> It's OK for you and me - we compile kernels occasionally. But
> for most people, unless the distributor turns this on, they simply
> won't be able to access it.
>
> No?
>
> (And wouldn't it be nice to be able to get the same functionality
> which module options give us when using a statically linked driver?)
>
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