Re: [RESEND PATCH v7 3/4] arm: dirty log write protect management support

Paolo Bonzini
2014-07-04T16:30:19Z

Il 03/07/2014 17:04, Christoffer Dall ha scritto:
> Hmmm, I'm really not an expert in the 'established procedures' for what
> to put in config files etc., but here's my basic take:
>
> a) you wouldn't put a config option in Kconfig unless it's comething
> that's actually configurable or some generic feature/subsystem that
> should only be enabled if hardware has certain capabilities or other
> config options enabled.
>
> b) this seems entirely an implementation issue and not depending on
> anything users should select.

Actually I think Mario's idea is just fine. Non-user-accessible Kconfig
symbols are used a lot to invoke an #ifdef elsewhere in the code;
compare this with his proposal is a bit different but not too much.

Sometimes #defines are used, sometimes Kconfig symbols, but the idea is
the same.

Paolo