From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 11:59:22 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 3/3] configs: add defconfig for Atmel AT91SAM9260-EK Nand Flash Boot In-Reply-To: References: <1366184503-16875-1-git-send-email-fabio.porcedda@gmail.com> <1366184503-16875-4-git-send-email-fabio.porcedda@gmail.com> <20130501231452.2151618f@skate> Message-ID: <20130502115922.4b82e8c2@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Fabio Porcedda, On Thu, 2 May 2013 00:04:41 +0200, Fabio Porcedda wrote: > > I think we generally prefer to store a kernel defconfig, rather > > than a patch against one of the intree kernel defconfigs. > > I prefer to modify the defconfig intree kernel to be able to use newer > versions of > the kernel smoothly with little effort if not any effort. > > IMHO if i store a custom defconfig i need to change it more often > (maybe for every new kernel version), > instead patching the intree kernel defconfig is less work for me and > for the buildroot maintainers. > > IMHO storing a kernel defconfig is better when someone want to use a > specific kernel version > and not the latest upstream version with little modifications. Well, fair enough. I'm not sure it's really easier to maintain, but I don't have a strong opinion on this. Thanks, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com