Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:49:34 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
       Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add rdc321x defconfig file
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 09:30:53PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>...
> what would be really useful is an automatic Kconfig tree analysis, with 
> the printing out of too deep dependencies perhaps? Which might result in 
> the breaking down of too deep dependencies - to increase the coverage of 
> randconfig testing. Sometimes the number of "depends on" conditions are 
> mind-blowing.

Sounds like the academic masturbation of trying to find an optimal 
solution to a non-existing problem instead of fixing real issues.

The fact that most testers have a PC plus Toralfs randconfigs has
already catched virtually all compile issues visible on a PC in the 
past during -rc.

If you want to attack real problems then write a script that sends the 
names of all people who signed-off patches touching include/linux/ or 
include/asm-generic/ without having tested the compilation of at least 
the defconfig on all architectures to George W. Bush together with the 
information that these people possess at least as many weapons of mass 
destruction as Saddam Hussein in 2003...

> 	Ingo

cu
Adrian

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