From: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>, john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
gthelen@google.com, tartler@cs.fau.de,
Dmitry Fink <Dmitry.Fink@palm.com>,
Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>,
Bruce Ashfield <Bruce.Ashfield@windriver.com>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add merge_config.sh script
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:34:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ECA99B2.6080800@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACqU3MUyHgLfLohLKQQV4+WKhpwW3xiS5hM51xtngs1pWUL9pg@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/20/2011 10:05 AM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
>> On 17.11.2011 22:58, john stultz wrote:
>>> Hey Andrew,
>>> I've tried sending this via Michal a few times, but haven't heard much
>>> back. So I wanted to check if you would consider merging it via your
>>> tree, or if you had any suggestions of who would be better to
>>> review/merge this.
>>
>> My concern was that the script works around missing features in kconfig,
>> instead of fixing kconfig. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the
>> script is useful, but if you are submitting to mainline anyway, why
>> don't you fix/enhance kconfig in mainline and have a much simpler script
>> making use of the enhanced kconfig?
>>
> FWIW, as much as I agree with you, kconfig is currently a bit too
> static, with too much assumption, do any advanced stuff. I have WIP in
> the area, but I prefer not giving ETA. In the mean time, I think
> John's script could fill the gap.
The script is also at least partly usable in older kernel trees without
having to modify Kconfig there. It has some value as a standalone
script. Not to say that we shouldn't also see about updating Kconfig as
well.
--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-21 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-17 21:58 [PATCH] kconfig: Add merge_config.sh script john stultz
2011-11-17 22:44 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-11-17 22:54 ` john stultz
2011-11-19 6:24 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-11-21 18:22 ` Darren Hart
2011-11-21 23:29 ` john stultz
2011-11-21 23:41 ` john stultz
2011-11-19 6:51 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-11-21 18:32 ` Darren Hart
2011-11-21 22:06 ` John Stultz
2011-11-21 22:48 ` john stultz
2011-11-21 22:55 ` john stultz
2011-11-22 6:25 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-11-20 12:56 ` Michal Marek
2011-11-20 18:05 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-11-21 18:34 ` Darren Hart [this message]
2011-11-21 19:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] merge_config.sh: use signal names compatible with dash and bash Darren Hart
2011-11-21 19:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] merge_config.sh: whitespace cleanup Darren Hart
2011-11-21 20:14 ` John Stultz
2011-11-21 20:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] merge_config.sh: use signal names compatible with dash and bash John Stultz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-10-24 22:48 [PATCH] kconfig: Add merge_config.sh script John Stultz
2011-10-24 23:05 ` Darren Hart
2011-10-04 23:45 John Stultz
2011-09-21 5:22 John Stultz
2011-09-21 6:44 ` Richard Cochran
2011-09-21 15:18 ` John Stultz
2011-09-21 15:28 ` Darren Hart
2011-09-22 20:05 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-09-22 20:05 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-09-21 12:10 ` Michal Marek
2011-09-21 15:36 ` John Stultz
2011-09-21 21:42 ` Dmitry Fink (Palm GBU)
2011-09-22 1:20 ` Dmitry Fink (Palm GBU)
2011-09-22 16:18 ` Arnaud Lacombe
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