Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752502AbZL1LGx (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752486AbZL1LGw (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:52 -0500 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:40143 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752469AbZL1LGv (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: updated list of "unused" CONFIG variables now online Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1600 Lines: 41 based on this morning's "git pull", i've updated the list of tree-wide CONFIG variables that are defined in a Kconfig file somewhere but don't appear to be tested: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Unused_CONFIG_variables a note: some of those variables are starting to look depressingly familiar as they've been around for *years*. in many cases, they don't hurt as they simply have no value if they're defined but not tested. on the other hand, that list is a good way to identify typoes, as in this example: ===== USB_ETH_EEM drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig:681:config USB_ETH_EEM drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c:262:#ifdef USB_ETH_EEM that's clearly a typo since the #ifdef should be using a "CONFIG_" prefix -- that's the sort of thing that's flagged at that page. it's all broken down by top-level directory and subdirectory so pick a subdirectory and see if anything looks odd or removable. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- 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/