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"Randy.Dunlap" wrote:
> 
> ...
> One other thing that I considered doing was using a common
> Kconfig file for all 20 arch'es by adding a
>   source "kernel/Kconfig"
> at the end of each <arch>/Kconfig file.  This would provide
> a common "General setup (more)" that could be used after most
> config options are set instead of near the top of the menu.
> Does that make sense to anybody?
> 

I think so.  There are times when one wants to add arch-neutral
config items which just don't logically fit into any of the
existing menus.  The right place to put the item is into each
and every architecture's arch/<arch>/Kconfig, and that's plain
silly.