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From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
To: Adam Lee <adam8157@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ktest: Fix breakage from change of oldnoconfig to olddefconfig
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:51:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50C99720.20402@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121213030602.GA10129@adam-station.nay.redhat.com>

On 13.12.2012 04:06, Adam Lee wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 05:14:41PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
>>
>> Commit fb16d891 "kconfig: replace 'oldnoconfig' with 'olddefconfig', and
>> keep the old name", changed ktest's default config update from
>> oldnoconfig to olddefconfig without adding oldnoconfig as a backup.
>> The make oldnoconfig works much better than its backup of:
>>    yes '' | make oldconfig
>>
>> But due to this change, and the fact that ktest is used to build lots of
>> older kernels (and for bisects), it forgoes the oldnoconfig completely.
>>
>> Cc: Adam Lee <adam8157@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
>> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> This makes sense, we should provide a backup for older kernels. Sorry
> for not noticing the breakage.
> 
> Acked-by: Adam Lee <adam8157@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

Michal


  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-13  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-12 22:14 [PATCH 0/5] [GIT PULL] ktest: fixes and updated for new boot loaders Steven Rostedt
2012-12-12 22:14 ` [PATCH 1/5] ktest: Add support for grub2 Steven Rostedt
2012-12-12 22:14 ` [PATCH 2/5] ktest: Sync before reboot Steven Rostedt
2012-12-12 22:14 ` [PATCH 3/5] ktest: Add native support for syslinux boot loader Steven Rostedt
2012-12-12 22:14 ` [PATCH 4/5] ktest: Fix breakage from change of oldnoconfig to olddefconfig Steven Rostedt
2012-12-13  3:06   ` Adam Lee
2012-12-13  8:51     ` Michal Marek [this message]
2012-12-12 22:14 ` [PATCH 5/5] ktest: Test if target machine is up before install Steven Rostedt
2012-12-12 23:47 ` [PATCH 0/5] [GIT PULL] ktest: fixes and updated for new boot loaders Stephen Rothwell
2012-12-13  0:29   ` Steven Rostedt

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