Re: [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Thu Mar 31 2011 - 14:34:18 EST


On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:17:51 +0100
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:12:54PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > And since Linus' whinge about ARM defconfigs, I really *hate* merging
> > > anything with *any* defconfig changes in - as a result, I don't
> > > particularly want to deal with ARM defconfig changes anymore.
> >
> > I thought we solved this with the introduction of "make savedefconfig"
> > that created much much smaller defconfig.
>
> Did we solve it to Linus' satisfaction, or did we solve it sufficiently
> to avoid the immediate threat of them all being removed and we still have
> work to do? I've no idea.
>
> Personally, I'd still like to see less of them but without significantly
> impacting the usefulness of automated built tooks like Simtec's
> kautobuild.

Might be neat if kbuild could wget config files automatically from a
known location. Bonus points if it properly detected the right one to
grab in the first place...

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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