Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels

Ingo Molnar
2013-05-02T19:43:32Z

* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> > That should be possible here as well, driven by any weird randconfig
> > build failures that get found. Such a set of selects quickly
> > converges.
>
> The problem is that it is a moving target. We really need a
> dependency-resolving version of select.

Dependencies are always a moving target - sometimes config names change,
new dependencies come in.

I've maintained a similar solution for years, and once the initial list of
selects has settled it's a low maintenance overhead thing.

Thanks,

Ingo