From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755412Ab0L3V4d (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:56:33 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:56255 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751342Ab0L3V4a (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:56:30 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: David Rientjes Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Andrew Morton , Robin Holt , Ingo Molnar , Greg KH , "David S. Miller" , Jens Axboe , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/8] init: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:17:32 PST." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20101230124535.GA3306@sgi.com> <201012301350.28862.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1293746165_4931P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:56:05 -0500 Message-ID: <15080.1293746165@localhost> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=zidane.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020208.4D1CFFF7.00CC,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1293746165_4931P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:17:32 PST, David Rientjes said: > Instead of CONFIG_EXPERT select CONFIG_EMBEDDED, we could add a ninth > patch which does CONFIG_EMBEDDED select CONFIG_EXPERT and tag it in some > way so we know it's only temporary for the merge window to find new > CONFIG_EMBEDDED entries. What's the plan for those people who are currently on (say) 2.6.35, next upgrade to 2.6.39 or .40, and thus miss the 9th temporary patch? They'll run 'make oldconfig' - if they get prompted, do we want to add a line to the help text that says "This used to be called EMBEDDED"? --==_Exmh_1293746165_4931P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFNHP/1cC3lWbTT17ARAr1IAKClAKlktw6RhWYaKrnfzgncvlFFpACfe6Pz w2MAmh0VPM7c7jqWxPO4fdU= =/lEf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1293746165_4931P--