Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753710Ab3GOSCJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:02:09 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:51608 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753386Ab3GOSCI (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:02:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:02:02 -0400 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: CONFIG_* used by user-space to figure out whether a feature is on/off Message-ID: <20130715180202.GB2433@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <20130715154050.GA5941@phenom.dumpdata.com> <20130715170244.GA29883@kroah.com> <20130715172431.GA8034@phenom.dumpdata.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1327 Lines: 31 On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:46:17AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > wrote: > > > > If life was that simple.. This particular issue was with inhibiting certain > > config stanzas if certain features were not built in the kernel. Here is the > > bug that started it: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633127 > > Can somebody please open a grub/xen ticket that says all of this is > just too confusing and broken, and that it should just be removed > entirely instead of expanded upon? > > This is a grub bug. It really is that simple. Treat it as one. > > I don't want to break user space applications, but this isn't a > "user-space app". This is "broken kernel support", and when that > happens, we call them out for being buggy and don't support them > (example: all the gcc bugs that have caused us problems over the > years). How about I make you proud and post a patch. See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.grub.devel/20332 > > Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/