Re: linux-next: boot test failure (net tree)

Stephen Rothwell
2011-08-17T00:50:11Z

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Hi Dave,

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:15:25 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:01:46 +1000
>
> > In particular, CONFIG_TIGON3 newly depends on
> > CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM which will no be selected when doing a
> > "make oldconfig" from a working config.
>
> When you type "make oldconfig" with an existing .config it prompts you
> for those vendor guards, giving you ample opportunity to say yes to
> them.

Which is a bit of a pain for automated systems. Ours does (essentially):

yes '' | make oldconfig

We really don't want to select every new config item that comes along.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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