From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756294AbYECVjf (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 17:39:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755636AbYECVin (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 17:38:43 -0400 Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:53109 "EHLO pasmtpB.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755542AbYECVia (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 17:38:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:38:22 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Ingo Molnar , Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Ingo, no more kconfig patches Message-ID: <20080503213822.GA24283@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20080430200340.GA13757@elte.hu> <20080430170125.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <20080430211317.GA24633@elte.hu> <20080430230100.GK29330@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080501025234.GE27574@elte.hu> <20080501115923.GX29330@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080503191445.GF5292@elte.hu> <20080503202416.GR5838@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080503210300.GA10979@elte.hu> <20080503212429.GT5838@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080503212429.GT5838@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 12:24:29AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:03:00PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Adrian Bunk wrote: > >... > > > > As Sam said it, fixing that Kconfig design bug would be "nice" - but > > > > unfortunately the Kconfig subsystem is not actively developed > > > > anymore. > > > > > > Roman is still active. > > > > great, does this mean we'll see fixes for select's misbehavior, along > > the lines of Sam's suggestions? > > In the case of the problem here it would have turned one problem into > another, and Roman's patch is the correct solution no matter whether > you change the semantics of select or not. Hi Adrian It would be nice to know what was wrong with my suggestion. You have done your share of kconfig patches so you have a good grip on the problems we face. So any input on how we can improve kconfig so we can actually provide what people often expects or requests or need would be nice. I have so far not done any hacking on the core of the backend of kconfig but if I one day find more than one hour in row where I can do some kernel stuff I may actually try it out. And then it would be nice to have a sketch ready how to solve the issues. I would though request you to start a new mail thread for this and include both linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org and Roman Zippel in the loop. Sam