From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
linux-tiny <Linux-tiny@selenic.com>,
linux-embedded <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>,
linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mainlining min-configs...
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:51:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080610185123.GA15838@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080610183004.GG11685@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:30:04PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:18:30AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> > Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >...
> > > You need both, and ideally constantly done by the same person against
> > > Linus' tree, -next and -mm.
> > >
> > > Where to get your minimal configs from at the start is just a small
> > > thing at the beginning - don't underestimate the required manual work
> > > that will have to be done each week.
> >
> > This is probably why I haven't signed up for this myself previously.
> > I'd be interested in finding out the rate at which defconfigs
> > bitrot in mainline. My experience is that usually a 'make oldconfig'
> > will produce something usable. But maybe that wouldn't be as
> > effective with a minconfig?
> >...
>
> Someone has to run the 'make oldconfig' for all configs...
>
> And no, you cannot get that completely automated.
When I get my kconfig patchset polished you will be able to do:
make K=my_mini_config allnoconfig
Thus selecting 'no' for all new symbols in an automated fashion.
I know that in a few cases 'no' is the wrong answer but in the
99% of the cases 'no' is perfectly valid.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-10 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-02 22:37 [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation Tim Bird
2008-06-03 1:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-06-03 7:00 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-03 15:46 ` Matt Mackall
2008-06-03 21:31 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-03 22:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-06-04 2:56 ` Paul Mundt
2008-06-04 17:36 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-04 17:42 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-04 18:55 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-04 19:05 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-06-05 0:46 ` Paul Mundt
2008-06-05 23:35 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-07 3:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-06-09 11:38 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-09 11:51 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-06-04 17:34 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-03 8:36 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-03 13:45 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-03 14:06 ` Holger Schurig
2008-06-03 14:10 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 0:01 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-04 0:16 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 1:03 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-04 1:05 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 3:13 ` Josh Boyer
2008-06-04 9:16 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 10:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-04 10:10 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 15:35 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-04 11:55 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-04 13:55 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-04 14:07 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-04 14:27 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-03 21:18 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-03 21:26 ` David Woodhouse
2008-06-03 21:30 ` Matt Mackall
2008-06-04 7:02 ` Holger Schurig
2008-06-04 7:04 ` Holger Schurig
2008-06-04 7:36 ` Dave Hylands
2008-06-04 15:24 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-06-04 17:19 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-04 17:26 ` linux-embedded archives [was Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation] T Ziomek
2008-06-04 18:08 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-04 10:33 ` [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation Adrian Bunk
2008-06-04 17:51 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-04 18:34 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-04 19:01 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-04 19:21 ` Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-04 19:20 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-04 18:51 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-04 19:15 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-04 19:23 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-04 20:23 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-04 20:42 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-05 6:55 ` Jörn Engel
2008-06-05 7:18 ` Uwe Klein
2008-06-04 20:24 ` Jörn Engel
2008-06-04 19:40 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-06 23:47 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-07 4:29 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-10 1:37 ` mainlining min-configs Tim Bird
2008-06-10 3:14 ` Ben Nizette
2008-06-10 4:16 ` Paul Mundt
2008-06-10 8:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-10 18:18 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-10 18:30 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-10 18:51 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2008-06-10 19:05 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-11 5:09 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 6:39 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-11 19:09 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-11 19:22 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-11 19:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-11 19:46 ` Tim Bird
2008-06-12 1:42 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 19:48 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-06-12 0:01 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 5:17 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 5:51 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 3:48 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 3:32 ` Rob Landley
2008-06-11 8:59 ` Christian MICHON
2008-06-04 19:42 ` [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation Bernhard Fischer
2008-06-11 7:08 ` Holger Schurig
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