On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:11:39 -0400 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 04:47:03PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > > > > 3) Implement newsymbolsconfig (any better name?) > > > Shall list all new symbols and shall not write > > > any config > > > > I'm not sure I see the point of #3. > > It's something we've had in Fedora kernels forever, because > when rebasing to a new upstream version the process becomes > > make newsymbolsconfig > take list of symbols, and make decisions on them > make oldconfig > > Ah, I see. My process has always been: cp arch/x86/configs/foo_defconfig .config make oldconfig make obvious decisions about new symbols, choose defaults if unknown diff -u arch/x86/configs/foo_defconfig .config figure out if any decisions or defaults are incorrect, change accordingly make oldconfig (more decisions if there are new symbols exposed) cp .config arch/x86/configs/foo_defconfig && commit > without it, the process would be.. > > make oldconfig > note new symbol, make decision > make oldconfig > note a 2nd new symbol, make decision > make oldconfig > note a 3rd new symbol.. > make oldconfig.. > you get the idea. > > The way we have it isn't perfect, (adding a new symbol may unhide > another set of new symbols), but it reduces the number of iterations > needed dramatically. > > Dave > My build has broken again, which is why I'm inquiring about the status of this; I'm not going to bother fixing it if my patches are never going to end up upstream.. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
