Re: [PATCH] config: Add 'make kvmconfig'

Ingo Molnar
2011-10-28T07:57:11Z

* Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 09:39 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > ? It would be very obvious at a glance what it does.
> > >
> > > We can possibly make 'make defconfig abc' run arch specific script
> > > located next to the defconfig files (arch/$(ARCH)/configs/).
> >
> > AFAICS that's not the same as the current kvmconfig functionality
> > though: we want to minimally enable certain config options in the
> > current .config - not pick some default config.
>
> Yup, I wasn't planning on it to work like defconfig does where it
> just uses a default config, thats why I said 'run arch specific
> script' :)
>
> That script could either copy over a default config, or simply add
> config options like what we're interested in doing.

i'd be fine with that extension to defconfig functionality. It in
fact makes much more sense than the *current* defconfig functionality
which is kind of a joke (as it's really just an arbitrary config).

Thanks,

Ingo