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

Greg KH
2015-05-01T20:45:36Z

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:30:35PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> Greg KH schreef op vr 01-05-2015 om 21:45 [+0200]:
> > On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 09:31:36PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> > > 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 defconfigs are outdated in one way or another. And they are outdated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.
>
> Perhaps I should, just for fun, rebuild v4.1-rc1 using a x86 defconfig
> and see what happens. Note that I'm typing this on v4.1-rc1 using an
> x86 .config based on what Fedora ships for 21 (which is, on its turn,
> based on 3.19.5).

We know x86 defconfig doesn't really do much, if anything, these days.
It used to be just a copy of Linus's configuration file, but given that
the last time it was seriously updated was 2009, I doubt that it can
even boot a modern x86 machine these days :)

good luck!

greg k-h