On 11/20/2011 10:05 AM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 17.11.2011 22:58, john stultz wrote: >>> Hey Andrew, >>> I've tried sending this via Michal a few times, but haven't heard much >>> back. So I wanted to check if you would consider merging it via your >>> tree, or if you had any suggestions of who would be better to >>> review/merge this. >> >> My concern was that the script works around missing features in kconfig, >> instead of fixing kconfig. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that the >> script is useful, but if you are submitting to mainline anyway, why >> don't you fix/enhance kconfig in mainline and have a much simpler script >> making use of the enhanced kconfig? >> > FWIW, as much as I agree with you, kconfig is currently a bit too > static, with too much assumption, do any advanced stuff. I have WIP in > the area, but I prefer not giving ETA. In the mean time, I think > John's script could fill the gap. The script is also at least partly usable in older kernel trees without having to modify Kconfig there. It has some value as a standalone script. Not to say that we shouldn't also see about updating Kconfig as well. -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel -- 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
