Re: [patch 03/26] Move Kconfig.instrumentation to arch/Kconfig and init/Kconfig

Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-01-24T21:05:58Z

* Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@oracle.com) wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:27:09 -0500 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>
> > Move the instrumentation Kconfig to
> >
> > arch/Kconfig for architecture dependent options
> > - oprofile
> > - kprobes
> >
> > and
> >
> > init/Kconfig for architecture independent options
> > - profiling
> > - markers
> >
> > Remove the "Instrumentation Support" menu. Everything moves to "General setup".
>
> Was this done based on a suggestion from someone (Linus)?
> I prefer an Instrumentation menu, but whatever...
>

Yes, it was Linus'suggestion. I prefer the instrumentation menu too, but
in order to be consistent, we would have to create an instrumentation/
directory in the kernel tree.

Mathieu

>
> > Delete the kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation file.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
> > CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> > CC: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> > ---
> > arch/Kconfig | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/alpha/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/blackfin/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/cris/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/frv/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/h8300/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/ia64/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/m32r/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/m68k/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/m68knommu/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/mips/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/parisc/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/ppc/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/s390/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/sh/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/sh64/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/sparc/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/sparc64/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/um/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/v850/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 -
> > arch/xtensa/Kconfig | 2 -
> > init/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++
> > kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation | 55 -----------------------------------------
> > 26 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
>
> ---
> ~Randy