On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I think Uwe could provide his script and add it to the kernel tree. >> Then all architectures could benefit from it. Having the defconfig >> files contain only those options which are different from the defaults >> is certainly more readable, even on x86. > > Quite possible. But maintainers would need to be on the lookout of > people actually using the script, and refusing to apply patches that > re-introduce the whole big thing. I can (partially) speak for powerpc. If ARM uses this approach, then I think we can do the same. After the defconfigs are trimmed, I certainly won't pick up any more full defconfigs. Of course, I'm also operating under the assumption that this is a temporary measure until one of the better solutions is implemented. I do suspect that the trimmed defconfigs will tend to be unstable and will still require manual maintenance. I think the Kconfig fragments approach is the most promising if the dependencies issue can be solved. g. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
