From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:28547 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752007Ab1KUSei (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:34:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4ECA99B2.6080800@linux.intel.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:34:26 -0800 From: Darren Hart MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add merge_config.sh script References: <1321567131.25715.32.camel@work-vm> <4EC8F907.4060906@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Arnaud Lacombe Cc: Michal Marek , john stultz , Andrew Morton , Sam Ravnborg , gthelen@google.com, tartler@cs.fau.de, Dmitry Fink , Eric B Munson , Bruce Ashfield , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On 11/20/2011 10:05 AM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Michal Marek wrote: >> On 17.11.2011 22:58, john stultz wrote: >>> Hey Andrew, >>> I've tried sending this via Michal a few times, but haven't heard much >>> back. So I wanted to check if you would consider merging it via your >>> tree, or if you had any suggestions of who would be better to >>> review/merge this. >> >> My concern was that the script works around missing features in kconfig, >> instead of fixing kconfig. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the >> script is useful, but if you are submitting to mainline anyway, why >> don't you fix/enhance kconfig in mainline and have a much simpler script >> making use of the enhanced kconfig? >> > FWIW, as much as I agree with you, kconfig is currently a bit too > static, with too much assumption, do any advanced stuff. I have WIP in > the area, but I prefer not giving ETA. In the mean time, I think > John's script could fill the gap. The script is also at least partly usable in older kernel trees without having to modify Kconfig there. It has some value as a standalone script. Not to say that we shouldn't also see about updating Kconfig as well. -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel