From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:21:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:21:31 -0500 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:45032 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:21:16 -0500 Message-ID: <3ABEEDBF.8DA84193@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:20:31 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: esr@thyrsus.com Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" , Peter Samuelson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: CML1 cleanup patch In-Reply-To: <200103260001.f2Q01Yt09387@snark.thyrsus.com> <15038.56527.591553.87791@wire.cadcamlab.org> <3ABEE0B5.12A2F768@mandrakesoft.com> <3ABEE4C0.36EB75F5@mandrakesoft.com> <20010326020902.C11181@thyrsus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > Jeff Garzik : > > FWIW I am opposed to any large-scale cleanup of the configuration > > language and/or identifiers in -any- 2.4.x series kernel. > > This is tweaking 39 symbols out of 1831, hardly large-scale. These > irregularities in the namespace cause trouble out of all proportion to > their size, is my problem. If you knew what I've been through trying > to write analysis tools...*shudder*... They cause trouble for you, solely, at the moment. Changing the CML1 namespace potentially causes trouble for many people. > > Not only C code but installer utilities are affected by changes in the > > CONFIG_xxx identifiers. If we change that namespace, we are changing > > part of the API that is exported to drivers. Definitely not 2.4.x > > stuff. > > My patch fixes those installer utilities. All three of them. And no driver > code is or possibly could be broken by it, that's a red herring. *No > object code will change as a result of this patch*. You updated Linux-Mandrake's kernel RPM and Linux-Mandrake's installer? Cool! > I want this in before the 2.5 fork for several reasons: > > (1) 19 of the 39 changes fix things that are outright bugs even in CML1. > These should not be allowed to persist in the stable branch. Please post a patch with only these 19 changes, and make sure to CC it to linux-kernel. Thanks, Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | May you have warm words on a cold evening, Building 1024 | a full moon on a dark night, MandrakeSoft | and a smooth road all the way to your door.