From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751062Ab2GYEOd (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:14:33 -0400 Received: from h1446028.stratoserver.net ([85.214.92.142]:52930 "EHLO mail.ahsoftware.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750802Ab2GYEOc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:14:32 -0400 From: Alexander Holler To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alexander Holler Subject: [PATCH] Make IKCONFIG an embedded option, enabled by default Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:53:36 +0200 Message-Id: <1343188416-7742-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Knowing (being sure) which configuration was used to build a (maybe running) kernel is important for many scenarios. It's usually much more important than saving a few kb in the size of the kernel. Therefor turn on CONFIG_IKCONFIG and CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC by default and make them visible only when CONFIG_EMBEDDED is enabled, preventing premature optimization. Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler --- init/Kconfig | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index d07dcf9..f468b03 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ config RCU_BOOST_DELAY endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" config IKCONFIG - tristate "Kernel .config support" + tristate "Kernel .config support" if EMBEDDED + default y ---help--- This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation @@ -595,8 +596,9 @@ config IKCONFIG /proc/config.gz if enabled (below). config IKCONFIG_PROC - bool "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz" + bool "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz" if EMBEDDED depends on IKCONFIG && PROC_FS + default y ---help--- This option enables access to the kernel configuration file through /proc/config.gz. -- 1.7.6.5