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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
	levinsasha928@gmail.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
	fengguang.wu@intel.com, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig:  Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 21:43:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130502194326.GA3553@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5182A300.9050603@zytor.com>


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> > That should be possible here as well, driven by any weird randconfig 
> > build failures that get found. Such a set of selects quickly 
> > converges.
> 
> The problem is that it is a moving target.  We really need a 
> dependency-resolving version of select.

Dependencies are always a moving target - sometimes config names change, 
new dependencies come in.

I've maintained a similar solution for years, and once the initial list of 
selects has settled it's a low maintenance overhead thing.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-02 19:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-12 18:19 [PATCH] x86: Add a Kconfig shortcut for a kvm-bootable kernel Borislav Petkov
2013-04-12 20:08 ` Randy Dunlap
2013-04-14  9:31 ` Pekka Enberg
2013-04-14 11:03   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-16 16:18     ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-17  0:38       ` Sasha Levin
2013-04-17  7:50         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-17 23:25       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-04-18  9:46         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-18  9:55           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-04-18 10:18             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-18 13:36           ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-04-19 10:35             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-04-26  0:05               ` [PATCH -v2] x86: Add a Kconfig shortcut for kvm guest kernel Borislav Petkov
2013-04-26  6:42                 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-26  9:51                   ` [PATCH -v2.1] " Borislav Petkov
2013-04-30 16:49                     ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 19:53                       ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 20:35                         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 21:00                           ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 21:10                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 21:30                               ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 21:56                                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 22:09                                   ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 22:28                                     ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 22:37                                       ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 23:02                                         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 23:04                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-01 23:09                                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 23:16                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-01 23:23                                                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-02  7:06                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-02 17:31                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-02 19:43                                                 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2013-05-02 19:48                                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-01 23:16                                           ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 23:35                                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-02  0:07                                               ` David Rientjes
2013-05-02  7:08                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-02  7:16                                   ` David Rientjes
2013-05-01 13:19                     ` [PATCH -v2.1] x86: Add a Kconfig shortcut for kvm guest kernel Marcelo Tosatti
2013-05-01 23:21                       ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-02 17:23                     ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2013-05-02 18:06                       ` David Rientjes
2013-05-02 18:07                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-02 18:19                           ` David Rientjes
2013-05-02 19:45                           ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-02 20:07                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-03 14:29                               ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-03 14:54                                 ` Randy Dunlap
2013-05-03 15:08                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-03 15:06                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-03 15:10                                     ` Michal Marek
2013-05-03 15:31                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-03 16:53                                         ` David Rientjes
2013-05-03 17:10                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-03 17:19                                             ` David Rientjes
2013-05-03 19:09                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-03 23:36                                                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-22 14:46                                                   ` [PATCH -v2] x86: Add a kvm config file Borislav Petkov
2013-05-22 17:55                                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2013-05-28 13:39                                                     ` [tip:x86/platform] x86, platform, kvm, kconfig: Turn existing .config's into KVM-capable configs tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21  8:04                                                       ` [PATCH] x86/platform: Add kvmconfig to the phony targets Borislav Petkov
2013-06-23 11:02                                                         ` [tip:x86/platform] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov

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