From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm: add default value for PHYS_OFFSET Kconfig setting
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:19:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201112011419.46751.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322711557-8279-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Thursday 01 December 2011, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Commit 1b9f95f8ade9efc2bd49f0e7b9dc61a038ac3eef introduced the new
> Kconfig for PHYS_OFFSET but it did not specify a default value.
>
> This has the undesired side effect of breaking an implictly used
> trick for updating defconfigs on the fly for routine buildtesting
> across all arch and all platforms, i.e.
>
> cp /path/to/somedefconfig .config ; yes "" | make oldconfig
>
FWIW, a better way to achieve the above is using
make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=/path/to/somedefconfig listnewconfig alldefconfig
which does not have this problem.
Your patch looks still ok, but you might want to update your scripts
to be more robust.
Arnd
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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>,
nicolas.pitre@linaro.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: add default value for PHYS_OFFSET Kconfig setting
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:19:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201112011419.46751.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322711557-8279-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Thursday 01 December 2011, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Commit 1b9f95f8ade9efc2bd49f0e7b9dc61a038ac3eef introduced the new
> Kconfig for PHYS_OFFSET but it did not specify a default value.
>
> This has the undesired side effect of breaking an implictly used
> trick for updating defconfigs on the fly for routine buildtesting
> across all arch and all platforms, i.e.
>
> cp /path/to/somedefconfig .config ; yes "" | make oldconfig
>
FWIW, a better way to achieve the above is using
make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=/path/to/somedefconfig listnewconfig alldefconfig
which does not have this problem.
Your patch looks still ok, but you might want to update your scripts
to be more robust.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-01 14:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-01 3:52 [PATCH] arm: add default value for PHYS_OFFSET Kconfig setting Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-01 3:52 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-01 10:52 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2011-12-01 10:52 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2011-12-01 14:19 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-12-01 14:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-12-02 4:38 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-02 4:38 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-02 5:19 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 5:19 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 5:33 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 5:33 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 9:21 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 9:21 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 16:31 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-02 16:31 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-12-02 19:07 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 19:07 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 19:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 19:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 20:23 ` [PATCH] ARM: determine PHYS_OFFSET automatically for no-mmu configs Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 20:23 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-12-02 22:19 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-12-02 22:19 ` Nicolas Pitre
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