From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KCONFIG: With a simple menuconfig, kernel debugging is prettier.
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:20 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805120417200.25000@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080506135844.b0b12d05.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Tue, 6 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:31:26 -0400 (EDT)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> > Implementing kernel debugging with a menuconfig allows for the removal
> > of a pile of unnecessary dependencies.
>
> Kconfig.debug | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
>
> I'm afraid,
>
> akpm:/usr/src/25> grep -l lib/Kconfig.debug pc/*.pc
> pc/documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir-disable.pc
> pc/documentation-build-source-files-in-documentation-sub-dir.pc
> pc/git-sched.pc
> pc/git-x86-latest.pc
> pc/linux-next.pc
> pc/make-frame_pointer-default=y.pc
> pc/mm-add-a-basic-debugging-framework-for-memory-initialisation.pc
> pc/mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.pc
> pc/page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.pc
> pc/profile-likely-unlikely-macros.pc
> pc/slab-leaks3-default-y.pc
>
> that our chances of finding a window in which to merge this patch
> are pretty darn small.
fair enough, but is there any sort of reorg that can be done with the
kernel debugging menu? it really is getting a bit out of hand. at
the very least, could it be collected into related categories?
rday
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2008-04-24 23:31 [PATCH] KCONFIG: With a simple menuconfig, kernel debugging is prettier Robert P. J. Day
2008-05-06 20:58 ` Andrew Morton
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