Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759005AbYLDAP1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:15:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758911AbYLDAO6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:14:58 -0500 Received: from vps1.tull.net ([66.180.172.116]:37230 "HELO vps1.tull.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1759983AbYLDAO5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:14:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:14:52 +1100 From: Nick Andrew To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Francis Moreau , "Renato S. Yamane" , Linus Torvalds , Sam Ravnborg , Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev Subject: Re: About git-bisect (defconfigs) Message-ID: <20081204001452.GH11807@mail.local.tull.net> References: <493681B7.20101@diamondcut.com.br> <38b2ab8a0812030924g5391fdbdy15c472a51ab24aef@mail.gmail.com> <4936C6FB.4020201@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4936C6FB.4020201@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SMTPD: qpsmtpd/0.26, http://develooper.com/code/qpsmtpd/ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1082 Lines: 30 On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:50:51AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > 2. There are several security-related config items that default to =y but the > kconfig help says: If unsure, say N here. Like: > > > CONFIG_NETLABEL=y > CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK=y > CONFIG_KEYS=y > CONFIG_SECURITY=y > CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y > CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y > > Maybe I just don't understand the current meaning/usage of defconfig. eh? A consistent approach to the Kconfig hints would help. To me, "If unsure, say N" implies that turning off the feature won't break the kernel nor be anything particularly important. The Kconfig hints should follow the defaults (or else why default to 'y'?) for common architectures. Perhaps menuconfig can generate the "If unsure" message itself from the architecture defaults? That will ensure consistency. Nick. -- 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/