Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757028AbYFJSbT (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:31:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753471AbYFJSbE (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:31:04 -0400 Received: from smtp4.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.38]:43621 "EHLO smtp4.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752725AbYFJSbD (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:31:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:30:04 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Tim Bird Cc: Rob Landley , linux-tiny , linux-embedded , linux kernel Subject: Re: mainlining min-configs... Message-ID: <20080610183004.GG11685@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <48447615.5050806@am.sony.com> <20080604194002.GF4189@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <4849CCA3.7040102@am.sony.com> <200806062329.54019.rob@landley.net> <484DDAD9.2000306@am.sony.com> <20080610083610.GC1987@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <484EC576.5080302@am.sony.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <484EC576.5080302@am.sony.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1319 Lines: 38 On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:18:30AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > You need both, and ideally constantly done by the same person against > > Linus' tree, -next and -mm. > > > > Where to get your minimal configs from at the start is just a small > > thing at the beginning - don't underestimate the required manual work > > that will have to be done each week. > > This is probably why I haven't signed up for this myself previously. > I'd be interested in finding out the rate at which defconfigs > bitrot in mainline. My experience is that usually a 'make oldconfig' > will produce something usable. But maybe that wouldn't be as > effective with a minconfig? >... Someone has to run the 'make oldconfig' for all configs... And no, you cannot get that completely automated. > -- Tim cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/