Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932689Ab1DLVqi (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:46:38 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:44859 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932673Ab1DLVqh (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:46:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:46:21 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Stephen Boyd Cc: Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Kconfig.debug: Remove unused CONFIG_DEBUG_ERRORS Message-ID: <20110412214621.GH7806@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1302300518-7523-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> <4DA33720.5020206@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DA33720.5020206@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1091 Lines: 28 On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:15:12AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > But, I see a lot of *_defconfig files in my copy of the tree that > > reference the option : > > > [snip] > > shouldn't those lines be removed as well? > > > > I can submit a patch, but I thought you'd rather do it yourself.. > > > > I was concerned that it would be more churn in the defconfigs. I can > make a patch for that too though. Or we could just wait for the > defconfigs to be regenerated and then the symbols would be dropped? Two points here: 1. if it removes stuff, that's good. 2. but it has the potential to cause conflicts when other defconfig updates happen. I think (2) outweighs (1), and as it's only one line, I agree with the idea of just leaving it for when the defconfigs get updated. We need more effort spent on consolidating the bigger fish... -- 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/