This option makes new user's soundcards magically vanish and it is quite difficult to work out why. Difficult enough that it caused bugzilla #1354. init/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~CONFIG_STANDALONE-default-to-n init/Kconfig --- 25/init/Kconfig~CONFIG_STANDALONE-default-to-n 2003-10-15 21:39:06.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/init/Kconfig 2003-10-15 21:39:06.000000000 -0700 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config CLEAN_COMPILE config STANDALONE bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL - default y + default n help Select this option if you don't have magic firmware for drivers that need it. _