From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/13] CPU selection Kconfig cleanup, take 3
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:22:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8a87cbd246847e830d0e6e986eec408@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200706170214.11247.arnd@arndb.de>
>> People have run into the issue so I think it desires at least a =A0
>> little concern. =A0See: http://marc.info/?t=3D117529164800005&r=3D1&w=3D=
2
>
> But isn't the reported problem just a bug in the build system?
Yes, that's a completely separate bug.
> My impression was that the user did not complain about the fact
> that the kernel he was trying to build would not boot on any
> platform, but rather that the kernel tried to build a zImage
> that was not defined, resulting in a build error.
It's the only valid complaint, anyway :-)
> Obviously, any configuration that can be selected by the user
> should be able to compile and link without errors, even if it's
> not particularly useful.
Yes.
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-17 0:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-12 16:30 [patch 00/13] CPU selection Kconfig cleanup, take 3 arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 01/13] powerpc: split out CPU specific options into a new Kconfig file arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 02/13] powerpc: move 82xx/83xx/86xx Kconfig options to platform selection arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 03/13] powerpc: rename add_bridge to avoid namespace clashes arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 04/13] powerpc: multiplatformize 8{2,3,6}xx configuration arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 05/13] powerpc: multiplatformize embedded6xx configuration arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 06/13] powerpc: multiplatformize 52xx configuration arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 07/13] powerpc: multiplatformize 85xx configuration arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 08/13] powerpc: autoselect PPC_MULTIPLATFORM arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 09/13] powerpc: autoselect optimal -mcpu= flag by platform arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 10/13] powerpc: mpc82xx_ads build fix arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 11/13] powerpc: killl isa_{io,mem}_base definitions for !PCI arnd
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 12/13] powerpc: fix building without PCI arnd
2007-06-14 1:44 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-06-14 7:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-12 16:30 ` [patch 13/13] disallow building powermac and tsi108 " arnd
2007-06-14 1:46 ` [patch 00/13] CPU selection Kconfig cleanup, take 3 Paul Mackerras
2007-06-14 13:33 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-14 23:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-16 23:52 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-17 0:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-17 0:22 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2007-06-17 14:46 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-17 23:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-18 4:32 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-19 0:05 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-15 18:28 ` Kim Phillips
2007-06-16 23:48 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-16 0:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-16 23:47 ` Kumar Gala
2007-06-17 0:19 ` Segher Boessenkool
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