Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] Update defconfigs for CONFIG_HUGETLB

Adam Litke
2008-06-13T18:12:08Z

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 22:36 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:55:45PM -0400, Adam Litke wrote:
> > Update all defconfigs that specify a default configuration for hugetlbfs.
> > There is now only one option: CONFIG_HUGETLB. Replace the old
> > CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE and CONFIG_HUGETLBFS options with the new one. I found no
> > cases where CONFIG_HUGETLBFS and CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE had different values so
> > this patch is large but completely mechanical:
> >...
> > 335 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 385 deletions(-)
> >...
>
> Please don't do this kind of patches - it doesn't bring any advantage
> but can create tons of patch conflicts.
>
> The next time a defconfig gets updated it will anyway automatically be
> fixed, and for defconfigs that aren't updated it doesn't create any
> problems to keep them as they are today until they might one day get
> updated.

Thanks for taking a look. I am not sure if I have ever seen a defconfig
patch hit the mailing list before and I was wondering how those changes
happen. In any case I am perfectly happy to drop this huge patch and
stick with just the first one.