Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754366Ab0FCUO6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:14:58 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:43817 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751404Ab0FCUO5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:14:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:09:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Russell King cc: Daniel Walker , Kevin Hilman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ARM defconfig files In-Reply-To: <20100603194559.GF25779@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <20100603074548.GA12104@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20100603181010.GA25779@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20100603185333.GD25779@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1275593742.23384.48.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> <20100603194559.GF25779@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1028 Lines: 28 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Russell King wrote: > > I already covered that in my (ignored) email where I brought up a > "STD_CONFIG" config symbol, which could be disabled to turn off all > these additional "select"s. I apparently haven't explained myself enough, because what you keep on harping on is not something I consider acceptable. STD_CONFIG is pointless. It's pointless because the solution to what you call STD_CONFIG would be to just NOT USING the special Kconfig.xyz file at all. So when I suggest special Kconfig files, they are meant to just generate the templates - ie they'd _generate_ what is currently the defconfig files. You wouldn't _have_ to use them at all. If you _had_ to use them, you'd lose the flexibility of Kconfig and asking questions. Linus -- 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/