Re: [TEMP PATCH] Re: make ARM=arm menuconfig problem in mainline

Nobin Mathew
2010-06-02T17:11:33Z

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/10 09:08, Nobin Mathew wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:04:28 +0530 Nobin Mathew wrote:
>>>
>>>> adding linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The following entry creates problem in ARM System type menu. I am
>>>> using a Fedora 12 system.
>>>
>>> What kind of problem does it create?
>>> It seems to work for me (on f11, not f12).
>>> Does it have something to do with F12 specifically?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Length of bool "Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440,
>>>> S3C2442, S3C2443, S3C2450" is the problem. How can I fix it.
>>>
>>> Describe the problem, please.
>
> [please don't top-post]
Sorry I forgot. I rarely send mails to this list.
>
>> Sorry if attachments are not allowed, when I go to select ARM system
>> type(OMAP, Davinci etc), I am not seeing any entries there in the pop
>> up window. When I remove  bool "Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413,
>> S3C2416, S3C2440,
>>>> S3C2442, S3C2443, S3C2450"  it is working fine. I feel it is something to do with length of that string.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nobin
>
>
> OK, I see that now.  Well, it is some kind of problem.
> Adding cc to linux-kbuild mailing list.
>
>
> The patch below fixes the problem temporarily, but the bool string length does
> seem to be a problem.
>
> Thanks for your report.
>
> --
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> The bool "long string" causes the choices not to be displayed,
> so temporarily change it to a shorter string until a real fix
> is found.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> Reported-by: Nobin Mathew <nobin.mathew@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20100602.orig/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20100602/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ config ARCH_SA1100
>          Support for StrongARM 11x0 based boards.
>
>  config ARCH_S3C2410
> -       bool "Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440, S3C2442, S3C2443, S3C2450"
> +       bool "Samsung S3C24xx"
>        select GENERIC_GPIO
>        select ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ
>        select HAVE_CLK
>