Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759600AbXEaVam (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752955AbXEaVaf (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:35 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:41117 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750978AbXEaVae (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:34 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:30:46 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Andrew Morton Cc: clameter@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Roman Zippel Subject: Re: [RFC 1/4] CONFIG_STABLE: Define it Message-ID: <20070531213046.GA27923@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20070531002047.702473071@sgi.com> <20070531003012.302019683@sgi.com> <20070531141147.423ad5e3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070531141147.423ad5e3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1868 Lines: 58 > > So something like this: > > diff -puN Makefile~a Makefile > --- a/Makefile~a > +++ a/Makefile > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PATCHLEVEL = 6 > SUBLEVEL = 22 > EXTRAVERSION = -rc3 > NAME = Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What? > +DEVEL_KERNEL = 1 Could we name this: KERNELDEVEL to fit with current naming convention? Alternative: KERNEL_DEVEL Maybe a little comment that this is mirrored as a CONFIG_ symbol? > > # *DOCUMENTATION* > # To see a list of typical targets execute "make help" > @@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ AFLAGS := -D__ASSEMBLY__ > KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat include/config/kernel.release 2> /dev/null) > KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION) > > -export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION > +export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION DEVEL_KERNEL > export ARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC > export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE AWK GENKSYMS PERL UTS_MACHINE > export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS > diff -puN scripts/kconfig/symbol.c~a scripts/kconfig/symbol.c > --- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c~a > +++ a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c > @@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ void sym_init(void) > if (p) > sym_add_default(sym, p); > > + sym = sym_lookup("DEVEL_KERNEL", 0); > + sym->type = S_BOOLEAN; > + sym->flags |= SYMBOL_AUTO; > + p = getenv("DEVEL_KERNEL"); > + if (p && atoi(p)) > + sym_add_default(sym, "y"); > + else > + sym_add_default(sym, "n"); > + sym_set_tristate_value(sym, yes); else sym_set_tristate_value(sym, no); should do the trick (untested). Sam - 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/