just noticed that on my x86 system, when i do a: $ make defconfig under "Ethernet driver support", all the top-level vendor choices (3com, adaptec and so on) all have Kconfig entries with: default y reasonably, for each vendor, all of their cards are not "default y" (that would be kind of silly), but what is the logic behind making each vendor selection "default y"? i ask because i'm putting together some kernel configuration fragments that will contribute to a final .config file and, because of all that "default y" stuff, i explicitly have to add "is not set" lines to my fragments to turn off all the vendors in which i have no interest. admittedly, as i read it, leaving them as "default y" doesn't seem to generate any additional code unless you actually select a board from that vendor; still, is there a reason the Kconfig files are set up the way they are? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================