linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Nov 3 (KVMTOOL_TEST

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Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:03:47 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Nov 3 (KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE)

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
> On 11/03/2011 05:43 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 11/02/2011 11:20 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> When KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE is enabled but CONFIG_BLOCK is not enabled, there are
>> MANY build errors.  This one (case) is probably fixed by adding "select BLOCK", but it's
>> all rather ugly.
>
> kconfig even tells us:
>
> warning: (KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE) selects KGDB which has unmet direct dependencies (HAVE_ARCH_KGDB && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL)
> warning: (KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE) selects BLK_DEV which has unmet direct dependencies (BLOCK)

Sasha, I guess your patch fixes this? Can you send me a version that
doesn't add the oldconfig magic that Ingo objected to?
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