Re: [2.6 patch] defconfig's shouldn't set CONFIG_BROKEN=y

From: Simon Richter
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 08:33:45 EST


Hi,

Adrian Bunk wrote:

It's a problem introduced by your patch because the resulting defconfig
file becomes _wrong_ by your change, and other changes in the defconfig
are thereby hidden.
...

No, CONFIG_BROKEN=y in a defconfig file is a bug.

Indeed, but that's not the point. A defconfig file should be the result of running one of the various configuration targets; yours are hand-patched. If you run the defconfig target, it will copy the config file and run oldconfig, thus resulting in a different configuration file (because options may now be gone and hence disabled) than what was in the defconfig, and thus people may come to the wrong conclusion that if a driver is enabled in a defconfig file, it will be built.

Simon

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