From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVawO-0006GY-9Z for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:39:40 -0700 Received: from [198.99.130.12] (helo=saraswathi.solana.com) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1GVawM-0008HI-Dm for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:39:40 -0700 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:37:54 -0400 From: Jeff Dike Message-ID: <20061005213754.GC6790@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <11600785071661-git-send-email-blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11600785071661-git-send-email-blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] uml: use DEFCONFIG_LIST to avoid reading host's config List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Cc: stable@kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:01:47PM +0200, Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso wrote: > From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso > > This should make sure that, for UML, host's configuration files are not > considered, which avoids various pains to the user. Our dependency are such that > the obtained Kconfig will be valid and will lead to successful compilation - > however they cannot prevent an user from disabling any boot device, and if an > option is not set in the read .config (say /boot/config-XXX), with make > menuconfig ARCH=um, it is not set. This always disables UBD and all console I/O > channels, which leads to non-working UML kernels, so this bothers users - > especially now, since it will happen on almost every machine > (/boot/config-`uname -r` exists almost on every machine). It can be workarounded > with make defconfig ARCH=um, but it is non-obvious and can be avoided, so please > _do_ merge this patch. > > Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Acked-by: Jeff Dike Paolo - send this to Andrew as well so it doesn't get lost. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932228AbWJEVjm (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:39:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932243AbWJEVjm (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:39:42 -0400 Received: from [198.99.130.12] ([198.99.130.12]:45747 "EHLO saraswathi.solana.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932228AbWJEVjl (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:39:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:37:54 -0400 From: Jeff Dike To: "Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso" Cc: stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: uml: use DEFCONFIG_LIST to avoid reading host's config Message-ID: <20061005213754.GC6790@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <11600785071661-git-send-email-blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11600785071661-git-send-email-blaisorblade@yahoo.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:01:47PM +0200, Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso wrote: > From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso > > This should make sure that, for UML, host's configuration files are not > considered, which avoids various pains to the user. Our dependency are such that > the obtained Kconfig will be valid and will lead to successful compilation - > however they cannot prevent an user from disabling any boot device, and if an > option is not set in the read .config (say /boot/config-XXX), with make > menuconfig ARCH=um, it is not set. This always disables UBD and all console I/O > channels, which leads to non-working UML kernels, so this bothers users - > especially now, since it will happen on almost every machine > (/boot/config-`uname -r` exists almost on every machine). It can be workarounded > with make defconfig ARCH=um, but it is non-obvious and can be avoided, so please > _do_ merge this patch. > > Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Acked-by: Jeff Dike Paolo - send this to Andrew as well so it doesn't get lost. Jeff