linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: untangle EXPERT and EMBEDDED

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:04:41 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: untangle EXPERT and EMBEDDED

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:28:30PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> And ditto EXPERT.  Is there really any benefit in hiding config options
> from developers so they won't burn their fingers?  Or is there some
> other reason for EXPERT?

Absolutely.

If say CONFIG_TMPFS is disabled, Debian simply won't boot past
init scripts. Or CONFIG_UNIX (I'm almost sure, reasonably
modern distro is unusable anyway).

> Anyway, we already have a way to prevent fingers from getting burnt:
> defconfig.  Start out with that and carefully modify it.
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