Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it

Stefan Richter
2007-05-31T09:04:16Z

>> menu "General setup"
>>
>> +config STABLE
>> + bool "Stable kernel"
[...]
> a) Why in Kconfig, why not in Makefile?
>
> b) Of course nobody wants STABLE=n. :-) How about:
>
> config RELEASE
> bool "Build for release"
> help
> If the kernel is declared as a release build here, then
> various checks that are only of interest to kernel development
> will be omitted.

PS: Also, it could be reversed (e.g. config TESTBUILD) and put into the
Kernel Hacking submenu.

> c) A drawback of this general option is, it's hard to tell what will be
> omitted in particular.

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Stefan Richter
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