Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Configure.help entries wanted

["Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>]

Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>:
> >CONFIG_ARCH_FTVPCI
> >CONFIG_ARCH_NEXUSPCI
> 
> These symbols both refer to the same thing (the latter is an obsolete name).
> I guess appropriate text would be something like:
> 
>   Say Y here if you intend to run this kernel on a FutureTV (nee Nexus 
>   Electronics) StrongARM PCI card.

Hm.  They're both in active use in 2.4.5pre4.  My cross-referencer shows

CONFIG_ARCH_NEXUSPCI: arch/arm/config.in arch/arm/boot/Makefile arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S arch/arm/kernel/arch.c
snark:~/src/linux$ scripts/kxref.py -f "o&~h&~x" -n defconfig | grep FTVPCI
Reading cross-reference database...done.
CONFIG_ARCH_FTVPCI: arch/arm/Makefile arch/arm/config.in arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile arch/arm/kernel/Makefile arch/arm/kernel/bios32.c arch/arm/kernel/debug-armv.S arch/arm/def-configs/clps7500 arch/arm/def-configs/shark

On further investigation I find that neither of these symbols is actually 
set in the ARM config file!  This is kind of a mess.  Is it going to be 
fixed in the next merge?

(They're not the only dead symbols.  CONFIG_TBOX and CONFIG_SHARK don't 
have associated questions either.)
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