Re: [PATCH] checkkconfigsymbols.py: add option -i to ignore files

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 09:31:36PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> Valentin Rothberg schreef op wo 29-04-2015 om 16:58 [+0200]:
> > Sometimes a user might be interested to filter certain reports (e.g.,
> > the many defconfigs).
> 
> Is this actually useful outside of filtering out defconfigs?
> 
> > Now, this can be achieved by specifying a Python
> > regex with -i / --ignore.
> 
> Patch hijack: it's been my view for some time now that almost all
> defconfigs are outdated in one way or another. And they are outdated
> because they are not, as far as I can tell, updated regularly. So I
> wonder whether there are any guidelines for defconfigs. What is their
> purpose? What exactly can one expect when using a defconfig?

When ever I bring this up, someone says, "but we need it to define how
to select the options for my arch / board!"  How real this is is really
unknown to me but the arches other than x86 seem to insist that they are
relevant.

thanks,

greg k-h